Placing Astronomy: Landscape, Space and Science at Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916

天文学：阿尔马天文台的景观、空间和科学，1790-1916 年

• 批准号: 2429330
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2429330
• 关键词: Placing; Astronomy; Landscape; Space; Science

The project aims to investigate the historical geographies of astronomy at Armagh Observatory, which is the oldest continuously-active astronomical research institution in the British Isles. The importance of place and landscape to the science conducted at the Observatory is evidenced by its position in the wider regional landscape, the situation of several historic astronomical instruments, and its ecclesiastical and civic connections to the City of Armagh. The student, based partly at the Observatory and partly at QUB Geography Department, will be in a unique position to re-appraise the Observatory's scientific heritage at an important time in its contemporary development.

该项目旨在调查阿马天文台的天文学历史地理，该天文台是不列颠群岛最古老的持续活跃的天文研究机构。地点和景观对天文台进行的科学研究的重要性体现在其在更广泛的区域景观中的地位、几个历史性天文仪器的情况以及它与阿尔马市的教会和公民联系。该学生部分在天文台工作，部分在 QUB 地理系工作，将处于独特的地位，在天文台当代发展的重要时刻重新评估其科学遗产。