RAS Library and Archives
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We look after the astronomy and geophysics collections in the library and archive of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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@lfrench.bsky.social Hi Linda, I hope all's well, good to see you here. A reader has a question about Goodricke, would you be able to help?
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@lfrench.bsky.social Hi Linda, I hope all's well, good to see you here. A reader has a question about Goodricke, would you be able to help?
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🧑💻 Job vacancy 🧑💻
We're looking for a part-time Assistant Librarian to join our team and would love to hear from anyone with the necessary skills and experience!
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
We're looking for a part-time Assistant Librarian to join our team and would love to hear from anyone with the necessary skills and experience!
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
August 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🧑💻 Job vacancy 🧑💻
We're looking for a part-time Assistant Librarian to join our team and would love to hear from anyone with the necessary skills and experience!
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
We're looking for a part-time Assistant Librarian to join our team and would love to hear from anyone with the necessary skills and experience!
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
Good to finally see the plaque dedicated to pioneering astronomers Willam and Margaret Huggins in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral this evening. Installed in 1917.
There aren't many other women commemorated in the 500 or so monuments here, but this post reveals more: lookup.london/women-of-st-....
There aren't many other women commemorated in the 500 or so monuments here, but this post reveals more: lookup.london/women-of-st-....
August 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Good to finally see the plaque dedicated to pioneering astronomers Willam and Margaret Huggins in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral this evening. Installed in 1917.
There aren't many other women commemorated in the 500 or so monuments here, but this post reveals more: lookup.london/women-of-st-....
There aren't many other women commemorated in the 500 or so monuments here, but this post reveals more: lookup.london/women-of-st-....
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Sky at Night - BBC 4 tonight at 21.50 - celebrates the 350th birthday of Royal Observatory Greenwich, and we get to talk about time and black holes. It's genuinely a great episode - please watch. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Four - The Sky at Night, Greenwich: A Journey Through Space and Time
The team celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory.
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June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sky at Night - BBC 4 tonight at 21.50 - celebrates the 350th birthday of Royal Observatory Greenwich, and we get to talk about time and black holes. It's genuinely a great episode - please watch. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Left to right: Sian Prosser, Pam Rowden and Adam Boal, ready for visitors at the RAS @royalastrosoc.bsky.social stand at the Lambeth Country Show. @astrolibrarian.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social Come and meet us to learn more about the RAS and engage in some fun activities.
June 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Left to right: Sian Prosser, Pam Rowden and Adam Boal, ready for visitors at the RAS @royalastrosoc.bsky.social stand at the Lambeth Country Show. @astrolibrarian.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social Come and meet us to learn more about the RAS and engage in some fun activities.
Amazing #histastro acquisition of a rare catalogue annotated by Flamsteed himself! Congratulations to @jasonwdean.com and the Linda Hall Library.
We've acquired an annotated copy of Flamsteed's "Historia Coelestis," 1712! 1 of 4 incomplete copies comprised of the parts he objected to, this copy is the only one known w/ corrections by Flamsteed + Crothswait! #HistSci 📜 📚 #histSTM #astronomy #histastro 🗃️🔭 www.lindahall.org/about/news/n...
New Acquisition: John Flamsteed's Historia Coelestis
REVIEW: Global Burning examines how leaders are directly responsible for devastating wildfires in Brazil, Australia, and the United States.
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March 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Amazing #histastro acquisition of a rare catalogue annotated by Flamsteed himself! Congratulations to @jasonwdean.com and the Linda Hall Library.
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Something a bit different for me today - attending this event on “Libraries of Science” talking later about my “Astronomers Library” book. 🔭👩🔬🎢
March 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Something a bit different for me today - attending this event on “Libraries of Science” talking later about my “Astronomers Library” book. 🔭👩🔬🎢
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Nice visit to the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social today - got to see my book in the library (and some other books) meet my editor, Roland Hall, in person and see the famous quilt. 🔭👩🔬
March 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Nice visit to the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social today - got to see my book in the library (and some other books) meet my editor, Roland Hall, in person and see the famous quilt. 🔭👩🔬
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This #InternationalWomensDay, watch our fascinating talk from Gem Toes-Crichton on her visual research exploring pioneering women in botany.
She features Elizabeth Blackwell, Anna Atkins, and the 1994 winner of our Jill Smythies prize, Rosemary Wise.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watc...
#IWD2025
She features Elizabeth Blackwell, Anna Atkins, and the 1994 winner of our Jill Smythies prize, Rosemary Wise.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watc...
#IWD2025
Interstices | The Hidden Histories of Women in Botany
“Individual contributions are all too often forgotten, overshadowed, or never acknowledged; lost in the gaps among objects.” - Professor Stephen A. Harris, Druce Curator of Oxford University Herbaria. (Adapted from the foreword to Gem Toes-Crichton’s book.)”
In this talk, Gem Toes-Crichton shares h
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March 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This #InternationalWomensDay, watch our fascinating talk from Gem Toes-Crichton on her visual research exploring pioneering women in botany.
She features Elizabeth Blackwell, Anna Atkins, and the 1994 winner of our Jill Smythies prize, Rosemary Wise.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watc...
#IWD2025
She features Elizabeth Blackwell, Anna Atkins, and the 1994 winner of our Jill Smythies prize, Rosemary Wise.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watc...
#IWD2025
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On #IWD2025 we're celebrating the lives and legacies of four remarkable female scholars: Gertrude Bell, Beatrice de Cardi, Joan Evans, and Margaret Stokes. #AccelerateAction
March 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
On #IWD2025 we're celebrating the lives and legacies of four remarkable female scholars: Gertrude Bell, Beatrice de Cardi, Joan Evans, and Margaret Stokes. #AccelerateAction
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See the whole thread for stories of women and (history of) astronomy for #IWD2025 - but nota bene historians of science: nominations sought for the 2026 RAS prize for historical research #histsci
The Agnes Mary Clerke Medal for Historical Research in Astronomy or Geophysics is awarded every three years. Nominations for the 2026 award open on 31 July. We particularly welcome nominations for wonderful women!
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#IWD2025
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#IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thanks to @rhiggitt.bsky.social for contributing Agnes M. Clerke posts forn #IWD2025 - you can read a fuller tribute here: www.pascal-theatre.com/biographies/...
March 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thanks to @rhiggitt.bsky.social for contributing Agnes M. Clerke posts forn #IWD2025 - you can read a fuller tribute here: www.pascal-theatre.com/biographies/...
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As women gained increasing access to education in the late 1900s, they played an influential role in institutions like Liverpool Astronomical Society, which was founded in 1881. Seven of 49 members depicted in an 1888 multiple portrait photograph were women.
March 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
As women gained increasing access to education in the late 1900s, they played an influential role in institutions like Liverpool Astronomical Society, which was founded in 1881. Seven of 49 members depicted in an 1888 multiple portrait photograph were women.
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Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏾🔬👩🏼🚀👩🏻🔧
To mark #IWD2025, the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is celebrating some of the women who helped shape the history of astronomy.
Follow this thread to find out more…
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To mark #IWD2025, the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is celebrating some of the women who helped shape the history of astronomy.
Follow this thread to find out more…
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March 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Happy International Women’s Day! 👩🏾🔬👩🏼🚀👩🏻🔧
To mark #IWD2025, the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is celebrating some of the women who helped shape the history of astronomy.
Follow this thread to find out more…
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To mark #IWD2025, the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social is celebrating some of the women who helped shape the history of astronomy.
Follow this thread to find out more…
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Ahead of #WomensDay tomorrow, we spoke with historian Toner Stevenson who recently co-authored an #OpenAccess article in Historical Records of Australian Science about gender diversity in Australian astronomy.
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#HistoricalRecordsAS #IWD #WomenInSTEM
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#HistoricalRecordsAS #IWD #WomenInSTEM
"The Job Is Not Done": Gender diversity in Australian astronomy - CSIRO PUBLISHING
Toner Stevenson, author of an open access research article in Historical Records of Australian Science, sheds light on the challenges faced by women in astronomy between 1966-2023.
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March 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Ahead of #WomensDay tomorrow, we spoke with historian Toner Stevenson who recently co-authored an #OpenAccess article in Historical Records of Australian Science about gender diversity in Australian astronomy.
blog.publish.csiro.au/gender-diver...
#HistoricalRecordsAS #IWD #WomenInSTEM
blog.publish.csiro.au/gender-diver...
#HistoricalRecordsAS #IWD #WomenInSTEM
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News | Science Museum to open three new galleries in next five years – transformation includes closure of Exploring Space gallery after four decades
Science Museum to open three new galleries in next five years - Museums Association
Transformation includes closure of Exploring Space gallery after four decades
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February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
News | Science Museum to open three new galleries in next five years – transformation includes closure of Exploring Space gallery after four decades
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The video of my talk @illinoisrbml.bsky.social about Flamsteed's 1712 "Historia Coelestis" is now up! Thanks to @lynnemthomas.com for the invite and @hillemmalouise.bsky.social for the collab on our man, JF. Enjoy, and share! #HistSci 📜 📚 #histSTM #astronomy #histastro 🗃️🔭
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Sacrifice to Truth: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton & the destruction of the 1712 "Historia Coelestis"
YouTube video by IllinoisRBML
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February 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The video of my talk @illinoisrbml.bsky.social about Flamsteed's 1712 "Historia Coelestis" is now up! Thanks to @lynnemthomas.com for the invite and @hillemmalouise.bsky.social for the collab on our man, JF. Enjoy, and share! #HistSci 📜 📚 #histSTM #astronomy #histastro 🗃️🔭
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For #WomeninScienceDay, here's a listicle of women linked to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social collections and stories #histstm www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
8 women in Scotland who shaped the history of science | National Museums Scotland
Many of the scientific endeavours featured in our collections are the work of women with a connection to Scotland. Below, we've highlighted key contributio
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February 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For #WomeninScienceDay, here's a listicle of women linked to @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social collections and stories #histstm www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
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When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
February 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx
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We're at European AstroFest 2025 in Kensington, west London, today! 👋 🚀
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social President Mike Lockwood opened the two-day conference, which is one of the biggest astronomy shows of its kind in the UK.
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@royalastrosoc.bsky.social President Mike Lockwood opened the two-day conference, which is one of the biggest astronomy shows of its kind in the UK.
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February 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We're at European AstroFest 2025 in Kensington, west London, today! 👋 🚀
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social President Mike Lockwood opened the two-day conference, which is one of the biggest astronomy shows of its kind in the UK.
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@royalastrosoc.bsky.social President Mike Lockwood opened the two-day conference, which is one of the biggest astronomy shows of its kind in the UK.
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The Danzig astronomer Johannes Hevelius was born 28 January 1611 #histsci
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The last great naked-eye astronomer.
Anybody cognizant with the history of astronomy in the Early Modern Period almost certainly thinks that the tittle of this post alludes to Tycho Brahe but in fact it refers to a man born ten years …
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January 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The Danzig astronomer Johannes Hevelius was born 28 January 1611 #histsci
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📝 Job vacancy 📝
The Royal Astronomical Society wishes to appoint an Editor for its flagship members' magazine Astronomy & Geophysics.
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/job-vacancy-ag-editor
The Royal Astronomical Society wishes to appoint an Editor for its flagship members' magazine Astronomy & Geophysics.
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/job-vacancy-ag-editor
January 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📝 Job vacancy 📝
The Royal Astronomical Society wishes to appoint an Editor for its flagship members' magazine Astronomy & Geophysics.
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/job-vacancy-ag-editor
The Royal Astronomical Society wishes to appoint an Editor for its flagship members' magazine Astronomy & Geophysics.
Want to apply or find out more? Visit: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/job-vacancy-ag-editor
Nilanjan P. Choudhury will be one of the speakers at the January A&G Highlights Meeting. His play about S. Chandrasekhar and Arthur Eddington has inspired archivist Kate Bond to curate a display relating to the 90th anniversary of the clash between the two astronomers ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
January 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Nilanjan P. Choudhury will be one of the speakers at the January A&G Highlights Meeting. His play about S. Chandrasekhar and Arthur Eddington has inspired archivist Kate Bond to curate a display relating to the 90th anniversary of the clash between the two astronomers ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...
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Centuries ago, many astronomical books included moving parts to help readers interpret the world around them.
This biscuit recreates a diagram from Sacrobosco’s ‘De Sphaera’ (c.1550). It could be used to calculate the changing length of daylight hours through the year. 🍪
This biscuit recreates a diagram from Sacrobosco’s ‘De Sphaera’ (c.1550). It could be used to calculate the changing length of daylight hours through the year. 🍪
December 5, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Centuries ago, many astronomical books included moving parts to help readers interpret the world around them.
This biscuit recreates a diagram from Sacrobosco’s ‘De Sphaera’ (c.1550). It could be used to calculate the changing length of daylight hours through the year. 🍪
This biscuit recreates a diagram from Sacrobosco’s ‘De Sphaera’ (c.1550). It could be used to calculate the changing length of daylight hours through the year. 🍪
Thanks to everyone who took part in our tour this evening! Deborah Kent will be talking about the events of 1874 at the next A&G highlights meeting on Friday 13/12/24 - to book tour free ticket (in person online) go to ras.ac.uk/events-and-m... - more details will be added soon.
November 29, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Thanks to everyone who took part in our tour this evening! Deborah Kent will be talking about the events of 1874 at the next A&G highlights meeting on Friday 13/12/24 - to book tour free ticket (in person online) go to ras.ac.uk/events-and-m... - more details will be added soon.