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Pieces of the Past from Michigan Astronomy

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  • People
    • Henry Phillip Tappan
    • Franz Brünnow
    • James C. Watson
    • Mark W. Harrington
    • Asaph Hall, Jr.
    • William J. Hussey
    • Ralph H. Curtiss
    • Heber D. Curtis
  • Observatories
    • Peach Mountain and Portage Lake
    • The Detroit Observatory
  • Discoveries
    • Watson’s works on planets, comets, and orbits
  • Chronology

Watson’s works on planets, comets, and orbits

  • Biography
  • James Watson’s Notes to the Michigan Scientific Association on the Orbital Paths of Planets and Comets
  • “Astronomical Sport with Bigger and Better Telescopes” including references to Watson and the Detroit Observatory from NASA’s Dawn mission

Recent Additions

  • Sunspot Observations from 1895 by C.S. Woodard observed from Detroit Observatory
  • James Craig Watson’s Logbook from:1863-1864
  • Article/Lecture materials regarding William Hussey’s discovery of 500 double stars
  • Letter From Tappan to Palmer, November 5th, 1853
  • AADL Portage Lake Observatory

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