Charles Green (1735-January 29, 1771) was a British astronomer, noted for his assignment by the Royal Society in 1768 to the expedition sent to the Pacific Ocean in order to observe the transit of Venus, aboard James Cook's Endeavour. Events 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... An astronomer or astrophysicist is a scientist whose area of research is astronomy or astrophysics. ... The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The 2004 transit of Venus A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth, obscuring a small portion of the Suns disc. ... British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ... Endeavour replica in Cooktown harbour HM Bark Endeavour was originally a small merchant collier named Earl of Pembroke, built in Whitby, North Yorkshire. ...
CharlesGreen accompanied James Cook on the Endeavour voyage to conduct observations of the Tranit of Venus at Tahiti.
In August 1763, Green was instructed by the Board of Longitude to accompany Neville Maskelyne to Barbados to determine the longitude of the island by celestial observation in connection with the testing of John Harrisons fourth marine chronometer.
Green was in poor health before joining the Endeavour and according to Cook, he lived in such a manner as greatly promoted the disorders he had had long upon him Whatever the nature of these disorders, Green died of dysentery on the voyage from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope.
Green, astronomer, to observe the transit of Venus at Otaheite, in the South Seas; and an account of their observations on that occasion is given in the article above.
CharlesGreen, with Dollond's micrometer fitted to a reflecting telescope of 2-feet focus, gave on the day of the transit, for the diameter of Venus, 54".9, on a medium of the whole, and that of the sun 31' 27".4.
Green having died at sea in the passage home from Batavia, all the astronomical and other observations were partly arranged by Capt. Cook, and partly by the astronomer royal, from the original manuscripts, and calculated by the latter.
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