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Reference numberPT/62/8/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, nebulae observed in November 1850 by [William Parsons]
Date[1861]
DescriptionTwo figures showing nebulae observed by Parsons on 4 and 29 November 1850. The first nebula has three bright stars and two fainter stars, all drawn in graphite; the second nebula has roughly nine stars, all drawn in ink. The nebulae correspond to numbers 78-79 and 84-86 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.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionInk and graphite drawings on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078
Related records in the catalogueRR/4/219
RR/4/220
PT/62/8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8084Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse1800 - 1867
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