Headlines of Newsletters
(Issue Nos 48-85=Combined book Vol 2)


Newsletters Nos 48-85 of the Herschel Society of Japan were published in the combined book volume 2 on 1st March, 1998. Most articles of the Newsltters are written in Japanese. The 1998 yearbook of the Newsletters (headlines and main articles) is available in this web site. Accounts contained in the Archive are linked from their headlines.

Issue No 48 (January 1992)

  • Life with star (G Ishida)
  • A speech by Kanzo Uchimura (C Sugawa)
  • "Lady Herschel, Letters from the Cape 1834-1838" (B Warner)
  • Things look brighter for Cameron House
  • A new pamphlet of the Cameron Trust
  • Notice: the 5th Herschel Tour

Issue No 49 (March 1992)

  • The 5th Herschel Tour to South Africa (1)
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (6) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • An invitation from the Royal Society

Issue No 50 (May 1992)

  • The 5th Herschel Tour to South Africa (2)
  • John Herschel's bicentennial commemoration meeting at the Royal Society
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (7) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • John Herschel's new memorial at Hawkhurst, Kent

Issue No 51 (July 1992)

  • The William Herschel Society's endowment to run the museum
  • John Herschel symposium at Capetown (G Ishida)
  • "Pirates" in Greenwich by the new railway
  • Alexander Herschel visited Norway in 1896 to observe the total eclipse.
  • The Herschels - A collection of books, documents and autograph letters
  • Anyone like to visit Collingwood?
  • "Japanese with yen to help save Victorian photographer's home"

Issue No 52 (September 1992)

  • Dr G Ishida, President, dies on 27th July
  • W J Herschel & finger prints (A Sato)
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (8) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • A letter from the Grove School's headmaster
  • Notice: 1992 annual convention

Issue No 53 (November 1992)

  • A garden party on July 28, 1992 (E Hilliard)
  • Sir John and Lady Herschel memorial (M Ellingworth)
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (9) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • Notice: the Herschel Lecture
  • Letters of condolences
  • Is this a Herschel's telescope?
  • Collingwood, past and present (1)

Issue No 54 (January 1993)

  • An exhibition of John Herschel's commemorative stamps & photographs
  • 1992 convention, leaves presidency vacant
  • "The Poetry of Light: Herschel, Art & Photography" (L J Schaaf)
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (10) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • Collingwood, past and present (2)

Issue No 55 (March 1993)

  • Instantaneous photography (J Herschel, Japanese translation by M Nakazaki)
  • Reminiscences of Mr G Ishida (1) (A Sato)
  • A list of Herschel commemorative stamps (N Kagaya)
  • Notice: the annual general meeting of the William Herschel Society

Issue No 56 (May 1993)

  • Cameron house to be saved
  • William Herschel to be married
  • Reminiscences of Mr G Ishida (2) (A Sato)
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (11) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • 1993 Bath Festival opens on 21st May

Issue No 57 (July 1993)

  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (12) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • A plan to issue reminiscences of Ishida

Issue No 58 (September 1993)

  • Dr Muehry in Hanover writes to Sir John Herschel
  • J Janssen's sequential photographs of transit of Venus (1) (M Nakazaki)
  • Our activities to be reviewed at IUAA
  • William Herschel, Musician & Composer (13) (F Brown, Japanese translation by C Sugawa)
  • The life of John Herschel (1) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • Cameron House has been saved!
  • Meetings of the William Herschel Society in Bath
  • Dr Ring, the Chairman of WHS, makes a visit to Tokyo

Issue No 59 (November 1993)

  • A note by Lady Lubbock to her children (1)
  • J Janssen's sequential photographs of transit of Venus (2) (M Nakazaki)
  • The life of John Herschel (2) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • J Harrison's trecentenary in Greenwich
  • The Society's activities reviewed in IUAA (S Kimura)
  • Notice: 1993 annual convention
  • A following story of "a plan to issue reminiscences of Ishida"

Issue No 60 (January 1994)

Issue No 61 (March 1994)

  • J Herschel's criticism (A Sato)
  • A note by Lady Lubbock to her children (3)
  • The life of John Herschel (4) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • A CD of W Herschel's organ music
  • Let's observe Uranus, Neptune and Saturn
  • Mrs C Herschel-Dunkerley completes "Herschel Tree"

Issu No 62 (May 1994)

  • Mrs C Herschel-Dunkerley writes on "Herschel Family" she has just completed.
  • The life of John Herschel (5) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • Caroline's life published in Meiji Era (1) (S Kimura)
  • The annual meeting & the annual lecture of WHS in March

Issue No 63 (July 1994)

  • Prof I Fatt pays tributes to J Herschel who outlined contact lenses
  • William Herschel in Madrid
  • A following story of "Is this Herschel's telescope?"
  • Caroline's life published in Meiji Era (2) (S Kimura)
  • The 150th anniversary Caroline's death in 1998

Issue No 64 (September 1994)

  • Sekiguchi in South Africa photographs SL-9's crash into Jupiter on 16 July
  • Night sky in Miura (H Sato)
  • Let's observe Herschel's planet
  • "Star Festival", a cloisonné ware by Ms Iizawa
  • Dimbola Lodge acquisited by the Cameron Trust

Issue No 65 (November 1994)

  • SL-9 impact summary (K Sekiguchi)
  • Dr Chapman's lecture "The Amateur Astronomer: A History"
  • Jupiter observed as well as Herschel's planet
  • National astronomy week in 1996
  • IUAA general assembly in 1996
  • The life of John Herschel (6) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • Notice: 1994 annual convention

Issue No 66 (January 1995)

  • A new CD with Herschel's work
  • "Three dark spots" on Jupiter William Herschel had observed in 1778
  • The annual convention in October

Issue No 67 (March 1995)

  • Worst earthquake in 73 years hits Kansai
  • The proceedings of South African Herschel symposium
  • The annual meeting and the annual lecture of WHS on 11th March

Issue No 68 (May 1995)

  • William and Sara Herschel-Shorland married at Pulham St Mary, Norfolk
  • The annual general meeting & lecture of WHS on 11th March

Issue No 69 (July 1995)

  • Marius' description of the Andromeda Nebula (1) (A Sato)
  • W Lassell, an amateur astronomer (S Kimura)
  • Herschel's letter to Dalrymple
  • Dr Chapman's paper "Astronomy in the life of John Herschel"

Issue No 70 (September 1995)

  • "Reminiscences of G Ishida" published
  • Minor planet "Ishidagoro" is born
  • Articles regarding Herschel in "Reminiscences of G Ishida" (1)
  • Marius' description of the Andromeda Nebula (2) (A Sato)
  • "People and Places: British painting 1550-1900" in Kyoto & Kobe
  • The life of John Herschel (7) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • Let's observe Herschel's planet

Issue No 71 (November 1995)

  • Marius' description of the Andromeda Nebula (3) (A Sato)
  • Report: Observation of Herschel' s planet under fine weather
  • Articles regarding Herschel in "Reminiscences of G Ishida" (2)
  • Notice: 1995 annual convention

Issue No 72 (January 1996)

  • (6395) Hilliard = 1990 UE1
  • Mr A V Sims of the William Herschel Society dies on 21st September
  • Marius' description of the Andromeda Nebula (4) (A Sato)
  • Articles regarding Herschel in "Reminiscences of G Ishida" (3)
  • Let's observe winter stars
  • Notice: Annual convention in November
  • Notice: Annual general meeting and lecture of WHS on 9th March

Issue No 73 (March 1996)

  • Minor planet (2000) Herschel (I Hasegawa)
  • "The discovery of Neptune marks the maturity of astronomical science"

Issue No 74 (May 1996)

  • Sir John Herschel - His contribution to the schence of photography (J W Feakins)
  • The annual general meeting and lecture of WHS on 9th March (S Kimura)
  • The life of John Herschel (8) (The Herschel Society of Japan)

Issue No 75 (July 1996)

  • A minor planet named "Sugawa"
  • The planet Hilliard
  • Papers of W Herschel (A Sato)
  • Is J Herschel Glenn related to the Herschels?
  • CDs of Herschel's works (K Okada)
  • "Grovite 1995"
  • The life of John Herschel (9) (The Herschel Society of Japan)

Issue No 76 (September 1996)

  • Reproduction of Daguerreotype process (T Fujii)
  • First recording of orchestral chamber music by W Herschel
  • Notice: 1996 annual convention
  • Let's observe Herschel's planet

Issue No 77 (November 1996)

  • Two papers on colour blindness & John Herschel's role (N Yamagishi)
  • Leverrier & Adams met at Collingwood
  • Report: The annual convention & lecture

Issue No 78 (January 1997)

  • (6869) Sims = 1991 CS1
  • Addenda to "Two papers on colour blindness & John Herschel's role" (N Yamagishi)
  • Old books related to the Herschels
  • Enjoy music in London & lecture in Bath

Issue No 79 (March 1997)

  • A Japanese version of "Round Herschel House with Patrick Moore" (B Takase)
  • Crossingford diary by John & Esther Herschel-Shorland
  • A letter from Prof F Ring

Issue No 80 (May 1997)

  • Leslie Theodore Hilliard 1905-1997
  • (6865) Dunkerley = 1991 TE2
  • J Herschel & L Pasteur (M Nakazaki)

Issue No 81 (July 1997)

  • Herschel's studies on the optical retatory power of quartz and Pasteur's molecular dissymmetry (M Nakazaki)
  • W Herschel's telescopes at Blythe House
  • Hats are helping astronomers at the Roque Observatory
  • The life of John Herschel (10) (The Herschel Society of Japan)
  • Report: The annual general meeting & lecture of WHS on 15th March

Issue No 82 (September 1997)

  • John Herschel's last will and testament (1)
  • A poem written by J Herschel (J Herschel-Shorland)

Issue No 83 (November 1997)

  • John Herschel's last will and testament (2)
  • Notice: 1998 WHS annual lecture
  • Notice: 1997 annual convention
  • The life of John Herschel (11) (The Herschel Society of Japan)

1998 Yearbook (Excluding Issue No 84, including Issue Nos 86-89)


  • Issue No 84 (January 1998) Was J Herschel colour-blind? (M Nakazaki)
  • Notice: A tour to UK for 1998 AGM and lecture of WHS in 1998
  • A plan of a homepage (T Kimura)
  • W Herschel's music (K Imaizumi)
  • Report: The annual convention and lecture


Issue No 85 (March 1998) 150 years since Caroline Herschel's death
  • Herschel concert was success
  • Main articles of Newsletters (Nos 48-85)


Headlines of Newsletters (Issue No 86-)

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