| Reference number | PT/62/8/29 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, ray with long split observed in April 1850 by [William Parsons] |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Figure showing a ray with a long split preceding the nucleus, observed by Parsons on 13 April 1850. The ray is drawn in graphite. The nebula corresponds to number 1917 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 |
| Physical description | Graphite drawing on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/4/219 |
| RR/4/220 |
| PT/62/8/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse | 1800 - 1867 |