Headlines of Issue No 112 (March 2002)

• At a party of the Astronomers' Hall in Tokyo
  A party was held on the 26th January for the 1st anniversary.
  
  
• Creation of cloisonné works
  A society member, Ms Nobuko Iizawa's essay on creating cloisonné works of Herschels and constellations.
  
  
• A Frank Brown Memorial
  It was suggested that some form of memorial be provided in commemoration of Mr F Brown's work for the William Herschel Society.
  
  
• W Herschel's invention of lamp-micrometer and lucid disk micrometer (1)
  About micrometers W Herschel used for observing double stars, by Mr Masao Nakazaki, a society member.
  
  
• Displaying Herschel's telecope, a British national treasure, at Smithsonian's
  Please read the "Main article of the issue".
  
  
• Crusade/Axis/Evil/Empire/Devil
  Impressions on recent actions of USA.
  
  
• Leonids in 1998 and 2001
  Another observation report, in addition to the previous issue (No 111).
  
  
• From the home$B｡｡(Jpage of the Society
  Announces total renewal of the home$B｡｡(Jpage.
  
  
• The 2001 budget of the Astronomers' Hall
  The budget for 2001 and outlook of revenue and expenditure for 2001-2003.
  
  
• Herschel Tour leaves on the 15th March
  This year's tour will leave on the 15th March for UK to take part in the Annual Lecture and AGM of WHS.
  
  

Main article of the issue

Displaying Herschel's telecope, a British national treasure, at Smithsonian's

T Kimura

Mr A Maurer in Switzerland informed us of pictures and explanations of Herschel's telescope in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's homepage (http://www.nasm.si.edu/). The telescope was loaned from UK for displaying in a new gallery open to the public since the 21st September, 2001. A press release by Smithsonian's dated the 11th July, 2001 said as follows:

Announces arrival of British national treasure - Sir William Herschel's 217-year-old, 20-foot wooden telescope tube - a centerpiece of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum's upcoming exhibition, "Explore the Universe" - has arrived at the museum on the National Mall. On loan from the National Maritime Museum in London, Herschel's favorite telescope and an original metal mirror crafted for the tube traveled by ship from England and were transported from the Port of Baltimore in an 18-wheeled truck.

Technicians at the museum carefully unpacked and removed the tube from its special shipping crate on June 29, mounting it in the permanent "Explore the Universe" gallery. "Explore the Universe" opens to the public on Sept. 21, displaying the Herschel telescope fro the first time in the United States.

Though it said "for the first time in the United States", actually the Astronomy Museum of the Adler Planetarium (http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/) in Chicago displays a 7-foot Herschel telescope.