observatory

Ken Chilton and Centennial Observatory.

E.K. White's North Star Observatory at Kimberley, B.C. in 1947.

Published in JRASC, 41, 188 (1947).

E.K. White's North Star Observatory at Kimberley, B.C. in 1947.

Published in JRASC, 41, 188 (1947).

A late-Georgian engraving of Flamsteed House, Greenwich Observatory. If one can speak of an operational nerve centre of the 18th-century British ToV campaign - including observations made in Canada - it would be of this building, the "seat" of the Astronomer Royal. Image courtesy of Specula astronomica minima (©Specula astronomica minima).

Bert Topham's observatory in Toronto (received 1938 June 1).

Bert Topham's Castlefield Observatory in Toronto, at the end of its life.

Sketch by Eugene Fedorenko (Toronto Centre).

Photos of this observatory from the RASC Archives.

A short bio on Bert Topham (1893-1962) appears on page 148 of Looking Up.

Note from Geoff Gaherty:

Bert Topham's observatory in Toronto (picture received 1938 June 1).

Bert Topham's observatory in Toronto (picture received 1938 June 1).

This retrospective map in 18th-century style shows the general location of William Wales' and Joseph Dymond's transit of Venus station, where they wintered over in 1768-1769. Image courtesy of Specula astronomica minima (©Specula astronomica minima).

Recreation of the pre-fab observatory brought to the Prince of Wales transit of Venus station by William Wales and Joseph Dymond. The observatory was designed by John Smeaton, the "father of civil engineering". Note the ice; according to the observers, the extreme cold was a challenge. Image courtesy of Specula astronomica minima (©Specula astronomica minima).