Durham University Observatory
| Durham University Observatory | |
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 Front view of the observatory |
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| founding | 1839 |
| IAU code | 995 |
| Type | Observatory |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 46 '5.8 " N , 1 ° 35' 10" W |
| place | Durham |
| operator | University of Durham |
| Website | Durham University Observatory |
The Durham University Observatory (German Observatorium der Universität Durham ) is a weather observatory owned and operated by the University of Durham . It is a Grade II listed building in Potters Bank, Durham . It was originally founded by Temple Chevallier in 1839 as an astronomical and meteorological observatory . Meteorological measurements were carried out at the beginning due to the need to calculate the refraction of the air with the air temperature . Until 1937 when the observatory focused exclusively on meteorological recording.
The observatory's current director is Professor Tim Burt of the Department of Geography, who is also a Masters from Hatfield College .
After the Radcliffe Observatory , Durham has the longest uninterrupted meteorological record of any university in the UK . The records are from the 1840s. Mainly due to Gordon Manley's work in creating temperature records that are comparable to Oxford's. Currently, the observatory is contributing to the Met Office's forecasts through automated recordings .
Former astronomers
- 1840–1841 Temple Chevallier
- 1841 John Stewart Browne
- 1842–1846 Arthur Beanlands
- 1846–1849 Robert Anchor Thompson
- 1849 Le Jeune
- 1849 Robert Healey Blakey
- 1849-1852 Richard Christopher Carrington
- 1852-1853 William Ellis
- 1854–1855 Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Rümker
- 1856-1863 Albert Marth
- 1863–1864 Edward Gleadowe Marshall
- 1865-1867 Mondeford Reginald Dolman
- 1867–1874 John Isaac Plummer
- 1874–1885 Gabriel Alphonsus Goldney
- 1885–1900 Henry James Carpenter
- 1900-1919 Frederick Charles Hampshire Carpenter
- 1919–1938 Frank Sargent
- 1938-1939 E. Gluckauf
- 1940-1945 A. Beecroft
- 1945-1948 LS Joyce
- 1949–1951 KF and GA Chackett
- 1951-1957 J. Musgrave
- 1957–1968 F. and D. Glockling
- 1969-1999 A. Warner
Web links
- Current homepage (English)
- Department of Geography - Weather Data (archived )
- Turning up the heat in Durham (English)
- Observatory, Potters Bank, Durham; Listed building (Durham City )
- Durham Observatory - Durham (UNITED KINGDOM) (English)
literature
- GD Rochester: The History of Astronomy in the University of Durham from 1835 TO 1939 . In: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society . tape 21 , December 1, 1980, pp. 369 , bibcode : 1980QJRAS..21..369R .
Individual evidence
- ↑ List Entry Number: 1322869; OBSERVATORY, POTTERS BANK. In: HERITAGE GATEWAY. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).
- ^ Records of Durham University Observatory. In: Durham University. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).
- ^ Gordon Manley, the History. In: Department of Geography - Weather Data. Retrieved May 25, 2020 (English).
- ↑ JM Kenworthy, TP Burt, NJ Cox: Durham University Observatory and its meteorological record . In: Weather . tape 62 , no. 10 , 2007, p. 265–269 , doi : 10.1002 / wea.86 ( wiley.com [PDF; accessed May 25, 2020]).