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1.Introduction -- 1.1.An Emerging Interest in Observational Astronomy -- 1.2.John Tebbutt and Astronomical History -- 1.3.About This Book: What to Include and What to Exclude? -- References -- pt. I Pre-European Astronomy in The Pacific -- 2.The Skies Over Aotearoa/New Zealand: Astronomy from a Maor...

2.7.The Astronomy-Meeting House Connection, and Astronomical Motifs in Maori Rock Art -- 2.7.1.Meeting Houses and Astronomy -- 2.7.2.Are There Astronomical Motifs in Maori Rock Art? -- 2.8.Maori Concepts of Time -- 2.9.Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3.Mahutonga: Did Proto-Polynesian Astronomers...

4.4.2.Securing Celestial Positions: The Telescopes, Quadrants and Sextants -- 4.4.3.Keeping Track of Time: The Clocks -- 4.5.The Astronomical Observations -- 4.5.1.Introduction -- 4.5.2.Coastal Mapping and the Transit of Mercury -- 4.6.Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5.Astronomy on Cook's Second...

6.2.1.Introduction -- 6.2.2.Captain James Cook (1728--1779) -- 6.2.3.William Bayly (1737--1810) -- 6.2.4.James King (1750--1784) -- 6.3.The Instruments -- 6.3.1.Introduction -- 6.3.2.Securing Celestial Positions: The Telescopes, Quadrants and Sextants -- 6.3.3.Keeping Track of Time: The Clocks, Watc...

8.4.Astronomy at Featherston -- 8.5.New Zealand's Oldest Surviving Observatory -- 8.5.1.Its Condition in 1994 -- 8.5.2.Its Condition in 2014 -- 8.6.Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9.The Historic Astronomical Observatories in the Wellington Botanic Garden: A Brief Introduction -- 9.1.Introduction...

11.3.The New Zealand History of the Telescope -- 11.3.1.Transfer to New Zealand -- 11.3.2.Role of the Telescope in Recreation and Research -- 11.4.Concluding Remarks -- References -- 12.Joseph Ward: Pioneer New Zealand Telescope-Maker -- 12.1.Introduction -- 12.2.Joseph Ward: A Biographical Sketch -...

14.3.1.Introduction -- 14.3.2.Observations of the Transit -- 14.4.Discussion -- 14.5.Concluding Remarks -- References -- 15.Refining the Astronomical Unit: Queenstown and the 1874 Transit of Venus -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Instrumentation -- 15.3.Queenstown, and the New Zealand Observing Party --...

17.2.Comets -- 17.2.1.Introduction -- 17.2.2.Discoveries -- 17.2.3.Observations of Other Comets -- 17.2.4.Comets and Astronomical Photography -- 17.3.Discussion -- 17.4.Concluding Remarks -- References -- 18.C.J. Westland and Comet C/1914 SI (Campbell): A Forgotten Episode in New Zealand Cometary As...

19.3.4.The Search for New Southern Showers -- 19.3.5.Fireball Tracking and Reporting -- 19.3.6.The Heights of Meteors -- 19.3.7.The Accuracy of Meteor Shower Radiants -- 19.3.8.The Velocities of Meteors and Fireballs -- 19.3.9.Meteor Path Lengths -- 19.3.10.The Sequel -- 19.4.Binocular and Telescopi...

20.3.2.Comet C/1844 Y1 -- 20.4.Discussion -- 20.4.1.Who Was Wellington's First Resident European Astronomer -- 20.4.2.The Curious Case of James Henry Marriott: Was He Really New Zealand's First Professional Telescope-Maker? -- 20.4.3.Astronomy in the Classroom: The Case of the Grace Academy -- 20.4....

22.2.5.Stellar Photography -- 22.3.Discussion -- 22.3.1.International Trends -- 22.3.2.The Development of Astronomical Photography in New Zealand -- 22.4.Concluding Remarks -- References -- pt. VII Opening a New Window on The Universe: Early New Zealand Radio Astronomy -- 23.Dr Elizabeth Alexander a...

24.3.3.Media and Public Interest in the `Radio Stars' Project -- 24.3.4.Later Developments in Non-solar Radio Astronomy in New Zealand -- 24.4.Concluding Remarks -- References.