Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928

History and Heritage

Institutional History
A Short History C.J. Butler	An Historical Account J.L.E. Dreyer	Armagh Observatory 1790-1967 Patrick Moore

Prominent Directors and Staff
Ernst Julius Öpik	John Louis Emil Dreyer	Eric Lindsay
J.A. Hardcastle	Thomas Romney Robinson	W.F.A. Ellison

Architecture
Architectural History	Contemporary Images	Historical Images
Meridian Markers		Dome and Telescope Restoration

Archives and Exhibitions
The Development of Astronomy at Armagh	Virtual Visit to the Observatory	The Story of the Transits of Venus
Archives 1790-1916	Images from the Archives	Meteorological Records

Museum Collection
	Inventory of Instruments
Highlights from the Collection
Quadrant by Sisson	Troughton Equatorial	Cup Anemometer
Calver Telescope	Grubb 15 inch Reflector	Grubb 10 inch Refractor
ADH Telescope	Jones Transit Instrument	6 inch Reflector by Short
Jones Mural Circle	Gilkerson Orrery	Micrometer Microscope
Clocks and Regulators
Royal Shelton	Earnshaw No. 1	Earnshaw No. 2
Recordon Clock	Longcase Regulators A.G. Gunn	Buchanan Clock

Library
Library Links	Library Catalogue	Inventory of rare and antiquarian books

Last Revised: 2011 July 19th