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45 relations: Air pollution, Astronomer, Astronomy, Atlas, Bureau of Meteorology, Convicts in Australia, Creative Commons license, Dawes Point, New South Wales, Dictionary of Sydney, Equatorial mount, Federation of Australia, Fort Denison, Fort Philip (Sydney), Georg Merz, Halley's Comet, Henry Chamberlain Russell, Italianate architecture, John Hunter (Royal Navy officer), Light pollution, List of astronomical observatories, Meteorology, Millers Point, New South Wales, Mortimer Lewis, New South Wales, New South Wales Government Architect, Noon, Observatory, Observatory Park, Sydney, Parramatta, Port Jackson, Powerhouse Museum, Refracting telescope, Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope, Semaphore line, Solar telescope, Sydney, Sydney Heads, Sydney sandstone, Thomas Brisbane, Time ball, Transit instrument, Western Australian Government Astronomer, William Denison, William Scott (astronomer and priest), Windmill.
Air pollution
Air pollution occurs when harmful or excessive quantities of substances including gases, particulates, and biological molecules are introduced into Earth's atmosphere.
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Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who concentrates their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth.
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Astronomy
Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
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Atlas
An atlas is a collection of maps; it is typically a bundle of maps of Earth or a region of Earth.
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Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is an Executive Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.
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Convicts in Australia
Between 1788 and 1868, about 162,000 convicts were transported by the British government to various penal colonies in Australia.
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Creative Commons license
A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.
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Dawes Point, New South Wales
Dawes Point is a suburb of the City of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Dictionary of Sydney
The Dictionary of Sydney is a digital humanities project to produce an online, expert-written encyclopedia of all aspects of the history of Sydney.
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Equatorial mount
An equatorial mount is a mount for instruments that compensates for Earth's rotation by having one rotational axis parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation.
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Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.
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Fort Denison
Fort Denison, part of Sydney Harbour National Park, is a protected national park that is a former penal site and defensive facility occupying a small island located north-east of the Royal Botanic Gardens and approximately east of the Opera House in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
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Fort Philip (Sydney)
Fort Philip was a citadel style fort constructed as part of the first defensive works of the penal settlement of Sydney, located on Observatory Hill in the Sydney suburb of, New South Wales, Australia.
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Georg Merz
Georg Merz (26 January 1793 – 12 January 1867) was a Bavarian optician and manufacturer of astronomical telescopes and other optical instruments.
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Halley's Comet
Halley's Comet or Comet Halley, officially designated 1P/Halley, is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 74–79 years.
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Henry Chamberlain Russell
Henry Chamberlain Russell, CMG, FRS, (17 March 1836 – 22 February 1907) was an Australian astronomer and meteorologist.
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Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.
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John Hunter (Royal Navy officer)
Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia and served as such from 1795 to 1800.
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Light pollution
Light pollution, also known as photopollution, is the presence of anthropogenic light in the night environment.
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List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location.
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Meteorology
Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences which includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, with a major focus on weather forecasting.
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Millers Point, New South Wales
Millers Point is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Mortimer Lewis
Mortimer William Lewis (1796 – 9 March 1879) was an English-born architect, surveyor and public servant who migrated to Australia and became Colonial Architect in the state of New South Wales from 1835 to 1849.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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New South Wales Government Architect
The New South Wales Government Architect, an appointed officer of the Government of New South Wales, serves as the General Manager of the Government Architect's Office (GAO), a multi-disciplinary consultancy operating on commercial principles providing architecture, design, and engineering services, that is an agency of the government within NSW Public Works.
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Noon
Noon (also midday or noon time) is 12 o'clock in the daytime, as opposed to midnight.
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Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events.
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Observatory Park, Sydney
Observatory Park is located in the heart of Sydney near the Harbour Bridge.
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Parramatta
Parramatta is a prominent suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River.
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Port Jackson
Port Jackson, consisting of the waters of Sydney Harbour, Middle Harbour, North Harbour and the Lane Cove and Parramatta Rivers, is the ria or natural harbour of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Powerhouse Museum
The Powerhouse Museum is the major branch of the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences in Sydney, the other being the historic Sydney Observatory.
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Refracting telescope
A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a dioptric telescope).
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Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope
The Schmidt–Cassegrain is a catadioptric telescope that combines a Cassegrain reflector's optical path with a Schmidt corrector plate to make a compact astronomical instrument that uses simple spherical surfaces.
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Semaphore line
A semaphore telegraph is a system of conveying information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting shutters, also known as blades or paddles.
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Solar telescope
A solar telescope is a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun.
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Sydney
Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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Sydney Heads
The Sydney Heads (also simply known as the Heads) are a series of headlands that form the wide entrance to Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Sydney sandstone
Sydney sandstone is the common name for Sydney Basin Hawkesbury Sandstone, one variety of which is historically known as Yellowblock, and also as "yellow gold" a sedimentary rock named after the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, where this sandstone is particularly common.
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Thomas Brisbane
Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer.
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Time ball
Time ball or timeball or ball time is an obsolete time-signalling device.
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Transit instrument
In astronomy, transit instruments are used for the precise observation of star positions.
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Western Australian Government Astronomer
Western Australian Government Astronomer is a position created by the Government of Western Australia in 1896.
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William Denison
Sir William Thomas Denison, KCB (3 May 1804 – 19 January 1871) was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1847 to 1855, Governor of New South Wales from 1855 to 1861, and Governor of Madras from 1861 to 1866.
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William Scott (astronomer and priest)
William Scott (8 October 1825 – 29 March 1917) was a Church of England priest and became the colonial astronomer for New South Wales.
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Windmill
A windmill is a mill that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Observatory
