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Dr. Harold Whichello: medicine and astronomy in Cheshire

arXiv:1303.7086

Abstract

Dr. Harold Whichello (1870-1945) was a Cheshire General Practitioner and an enthusiastic amateur astronomer. He joined the British Astronomical Association in 1898 and undertook observations for its Lunar, Solar and Variable Star Sections using a 6-inch Wray refractor. He also contributed lunar occultation predictions and comet ephemerides to its Computing Section.

Accepted for publication in the Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 20 pages, 9 figures