59 relations: Andromeda Galaxy, Asteroid, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Astronomical spectroscopy, Astronomy, Bruce Medal, Buckingham Palace, Cambridge University Press, Cat's Eye Nebula, Copley Medal, Cornhill, London, County of London, Dictionary of National Biography, Dry plate, Dublin, Edward VII, Fellow of the Royal Society, Galaxy, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Golders Green, HathiTrust, Henry Draper Medal, Hernia, Huggins (lunar crater), Huggins (Martian crater), Internet Archive, Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences), John Collier (painter), Lalande Prize, List of minor planets: 2001–3000, List of presidents of the Royal Society, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Middlesex, National Academy of Sciences, Nebula, Observatory, Order of Merit, Order of the Bath, Orion Nebula, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Planetary nebula, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, Radial velocity, Redshift, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Medal, Royal Society Bakerian Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Rumford Medal, Sirius, ..., Spectral line, Star, Tulse Hill, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Valz Prize, William Allen Miller, William Wallace Campbell, 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours, 1902 Coronation Honours. Expand index (9 more) »
Andromeda Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way.
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Asteroid
Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System.
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is an American scientific and educational organization, founded in San Francisco on February 7, 1889.
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Astronomical spectroscopy
Astronomical spectroscopy is the study of astronomy using the techniques of spectroscopy to measure the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including visible light and radio, which radiates from stars and other celestial objects.
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Astronomy
Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.
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Bruce Medal
The Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal is awarded every year by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for outstanding lifetime contributions to astronomy.
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press (CUP) is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge.
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Cat's Eye Nebula
The Cat's Eye Nebula or NGC 6543, is a relatively bright planetary nebula in the northern constellation of Draco, discovered by William Herschel on February 15, 1786.
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Copley Medal
The Copley Medal is a scientific award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science." It alternates between the physical and the biological sciences.
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Cornhill, London
Cornhill is a ward and street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and financial centre of modern London.
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County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.
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Dictionary of National Biography
The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.
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Dry plate
Dry plate, also known as gelatin process, is an improved type of photographic plate.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
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Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society judges to have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science and medical science".
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Galaxy
A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.
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Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is the highest award given by the RAS.
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Golders Green
Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in England.
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HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a large-scale collaborative repository of digital content from research libraries including content digitized via the Google Books project and Internet Archive digitization initiatives, as well as content digitized locally by libraries.
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Henry Draper Medal
The Henry Draper Medal is awarded every 4 years by the United States National Academy of Sciences "for investigations in astronomical physics".
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Hernia
A hernia is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides.
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Huggins (lunar crater)
Huggins is a lunar impact crater that lies in the rugged southern highlands of the Moon's near side.
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Huggins (Martian crater)
Huggins is an impact crater in the Eridania quadrangle of Mars, located at 49.4°S latitude and 204.4°W longitude, and is part of Terra Cimmeria.
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.
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Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences)
The Janssen Medal is an astrophysics award presented by the French Academy of Sciences to those who have made advances in this area of science.
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John Collier (painter)
John Maler Collier OBE RP ROI (27 January 1850 – 11 April 1934) was a leading English artist, and an author.
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Lalande Prize
The Lalande Prize (French: Prix Lalande) was an award for scientific advances in astronomy, given from 1802 until 1970 by the French Academy of Sciences.
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List of minor planets: 2001–3000
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List of presidents of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected Head of the Royal Society of London who presides over meetings of the society's council.
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Margaret Lindsay Huggins
Margaret Lindsay, Lady Huggins (14 August 1848 in Dublin – 24 March 1915 in London), born Margaret Lindsay Murray, was an Irish-English scientific investigator and astronomer.
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Middlesex
Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is an historic county in south-east England.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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Nebula
A nebula (Latin for "cloud" or "fog"; pl. nebulae, nebulæ, or nebulas) is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases.
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Observatory
An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events.
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Order of Merit
The Order of Merit (Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.
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Orion Nebula
The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula situated in the Milky Way, being south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion.
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Philosophical Transactions, titled Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (often abbreviated as Phil. Trans.) from 1776, is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society.
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Planetary nebula
A planetary nebula, abbreviated as PN or plural PNe, is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives.
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President of the Royal Astronomical Society
The President of the Royal Astronomical Society (prior to 1831 known as President of the Astronomical Society of London) chairs the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) and its formal meetings.
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Radial velocity
The radial velocity of an object with respect to a given point is the rate of change of the distance between the object and the point.
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Redshift
In physics, redshift happens when light or other electromagnetic radiation from an object is increased in wavelength, or shifted to the red end of the spectrum.
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Royal Astronomical Society
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) is a learned society that began as the Astronomical Society of London in 1820 to support astronomical research (mainly carried on at the time by 'gentleman astronomers' rather than professionals).
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Royal Medal
A Royal Medal, known also as The King's Medal or The Queen's Medal, depending on the gender of the monarch at the time of the award, is a silver-gilt medal, of which three are awarded each year by the Royal Society, two for "the most important contributions to the advancement of natural knowledge" and one for "distinguished contributions in the applied sciences", done within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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Royal Society Bakerian Medal
The Bakerian Medal is one of the premier medals of the Royal Society that recognizes exceptional and outstanding science.
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.
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Rumford Medal
The Rumford Medal is an award bestowed by Britain's Royal Society every alternating year for "an outstandingly important recent discovery in the field of thermal or optical properties of matter made by a scientist working in Europe".
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Sirius
Sirius (a romanization of Greek Σείριος, Seirios,."glowing" or "scorching") is a star system and the brightest star in the Earth's night sky.
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Spectral line
A spectral line is a dark or bright line in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum, resulting from emission or absorption of light in a narrow frequency range, compared with the nearby frequencies.
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Star
A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.
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Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Valz Prize
The Valz Prize (Prix Valz) was awarded by the French Academy of Sciences, from 1877 through 1970, to honor advances in astronomy.
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William Allen Miller
William Allen Miller FRS (17 December 1817 – 30 September 1870) was a British scientist.
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William Wallace Campbell
William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer, and director of Lick Observatory from 1901 to 1930.
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1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours
The Diamond Jubilee Honours for the British Empire were announced on 22 June 1897 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria on 20 June 1897.
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1902 Coronation Honours
The 1902 Coronation Honours were announced on 26 June 1902, the date originally set for the coronation of King Edward VII.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Huggins