| RefNo | PT/62/8/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, spiral nebula observed in April 1851 by [William Parsons] |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Two versions of the same figure showing an S-shaped spiral nebula observed by Parsons on 27 April 1851. The nebulae are drawn in graphite. The nebula corresponds to number 1061 in William Herschel's catalogue of nebulae.
Subject: Scientific Instruments / Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the construction of specula of six-feet aperture; and a selection from the observations of nebulæ made with them'.
Received by the Royal Society on 5 June 1861. Read 20 June 1861. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite drawings on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/4/219 |
| RR/4/220 |
| PT/62/8/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse; astronomer | 1800 - 1867 |