Interior of the Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London Collection_Coronation Reading age 9-12 yrs

Interior of the Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London Collection_Coronation Reading age 9-12 yrsThree figures using astronomical equipment in the Great Star Room or the Octagon Room, as it is known today, at the Royal Observatory. To the left an observer is using a quadrant to carry out astronomical observations. While a seated figure, on the right, studies the sky through a telescope. Portraits of Charles II, whose support Sir Jonas Moore had crucially secured for the founding of an observatory at Greenwich, and James, Duke of York (later James

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