Madras time — was a time zone set up in 1802 by John Goldingham, the first official astronomer of the British East India Company in India. It was set to 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+05:30). After India s independence, it was adopted … Wikipedia
Madras (Tamil Nadu) — Chennai Demande de traduction Chennai → … Wikipédia en Français
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory — Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryOrganizationIndian Institute of AstrophysicsLocationKodaikanal, IndiaCoordinatescoord|10|13|50|N|77|28|7|E|Altitude 2,343 meters (7,687 ft) Webpage [http://www.iiap.res.in/centres kodai.htm Kodaikanal Observatory]… … Wikipedia
List of observatory codes — Astronomical observatories are locations used for observing celestial events. Observatory codes are assigned by the Minor Planet Center (a service of the International Astronomical Union) for use in cataloguing astrometric observations of solar… … Wikipedia
Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary — Born 1822 or 1828O.S. Madras, British India Died February 5, 1880 Madras, British India Occupation astronomer Employer … Wikipedia
Indian Standard Time — (IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of . India does not observe daylight saving time, (DST) or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the… … Wikipedia
William Petrie — (b. 1784; d. 1816) was an Officer of the East India Company in Chennai (formerly Madras) during the 1780s. He set up a private observatory in his residence located in Egmore, Chennai, India. The main aim of the observatory was to provide… … Wikipedia
Мадрасская обсерватория — Снимок обсерватории около 1880 года Оригинал н … Википедия
John Goldingham — was the first official astronomer of the Madras Observatory, appointed in 1802. Goldingham headed the Madras Survey School later which grew into the Guindy Engineering College and then Anna University. Born in London in 1767, Goldingham was hired … Wikipedia
IAU codes — Ein Sternwarten Code wird je Sternwarte beziehungsweise Weltraumteleskop vom Minor Planet Center vergeben – einem Dienst der Internationalen Astronomischen Union – um astrometrische Beobachtungen von Kleinkörpern im Sonnensystem zu katalogisieren … Deutsch Wikipedia
