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Wallal: The 1922 Eclipse Expedition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

R. R. Burman  and
P. M. Jeffery
R. R. Burman
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009
P. M. Jeffery
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009
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Abstract

On 1922 August 20, a 20-strong scientific team, together with a naval party of 10, left Fremantle on one of the major scientific expeditions in Western Australian history. After picking up further personnel at Broome, the party proceeded to the isolated post and telegraph station of Wallal on the northern coast of Western Australia. Their task was to measure with great care the deflection of starlight by the Sun during the total solar eclipse of 1922 September 21. Specially designed photographic equipment of very high quality was used and meteorological conditions were excellent. As a result, measurements were obtained for well over a hundred stars.

Type
History of Australian Astronomy
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , 1990 , pp. 312 - 313
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1990

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