Record

RefNoMS/626/27
LevelItem
TitleJupiter as seen from the Alta Vista Station
Date1856
DescriptionEntitled ' Alta Vista Station. Jupiter at 0 hours and 30 minutes Sid. Time on September 6th 1856. Meridian same as on the 4th of Sept. '
Scale of seconds of space above image
Watercolour pasted onto page 27 of manuscript
Extent1 sheet
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour on paper. Detached from main body of manuscript. Size 23 x 16cm
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted as upper half of Plate XXXIV in 'Philosophical Transactions' 1858 Volume 148 as part of paper by Charles Piazzi Smuth entitled 'Astronomical Experiment on the peak of Tenerife'
CopiesColour tiff, 2005
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