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RefNoHS/19/239
LevelItem
TitleIndex-map of stars based on Messier, by William Lassell
Date1840s
DescriptionSketch mapping stars about Messier 17, 18, 13 with scale given for a field of 228 eyepiece, in Lassell's hand. Stars are numbered.
No correspondence between Sir John Herschel and William Lassell is known, but from a letter to George Biddell Airy, we know that Lassell wrote to Herschel in 1848 to report his discovery of the 8th satellite of Saturn.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Place originn.p.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA7987Lassell; William (1799 - 1880); astronomer1799 - 1880
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