| Reference number | PT/62/8/33 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, nebula and five knots observed in September 1849 by [William Parsons] |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Figure showing a nebula with five nebulous knots nearby, observed by Parsons on 12 September 1849. The nebula and knots are drawn in graphite. The nebula corresponds to number 2172 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 |