| Reference number | HS/14/32 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Pond to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory |
| Creator | John Pond |
| Date | 20 June 1822 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for extract from a letter from [J. J.] Littrow. Discusses in detail positional determinations of various stars he has made, attempting to determine whether errors of either observations or computation have entered into his results. Reports that in general there is substantial agreement between determinations made by John Pond and those made by John Brinkley at Ireland's Royal Observatory. Mentions solar observations at Greenwich. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 7pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | The Royal Observatory, Greenwich |
| Origin coordinates | 51.47783, -0.00139 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1999
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3168 | Pond; John (1767 - 1836) | 1767 - 1836 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |