RefNo | PT/62/8/11 |
Level | Item |
Title | Plate, scattered stars observed in January 1857 by [William Parsons] |
Date | [1861] |
Description | Figure showing scattered stars forming the shape of a five-point star, observed by Parsons on 20 January 1857. The star formation is drawn in graphite. The nebula corresponds to number 393 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 drawing 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 | 1800 - 1867 |