From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.187 (C: RGO 6.112.273)
Summary:
Did he see the eclipse? Agrees with him over the H. C. Schumacher proposals.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Did he see the eclipse? Agrees with him over the H. C. Schumacher proposals.
Acknowledge receipt of JH's Cape Results by Literary and Philosophical Society.
Gives information from W. R. Hamilton on the location of the asteroid Iris. Proposes R.A.S. begin collecting observations of sunspots, the goal being a complete series of 'the sun's aspect for every day of every year.' Offers the observations of H. Griesbach for 1846 as a 'nest egg' as well as some of his own. Requests address of G. Schwinck, who prepared a star atlas. Reports on F. G. W. Struve's Neptune observations.