| RefNo | PT/62/8/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, split nebula and large spiral nebula observed in November 1850 and December 1851 by [William Parsons] |
| Date | [1861] |
| Description | Two figures showing a nebula shaped like a brush with a split through the middle, and a second large spiral nebula full of knots observed by Parsons on 18 December 1851 and 29 November 1850, respectively. The nebulae are drawn in graphite. They correspond to numbers 116 and 131 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 drawings on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0029 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0078 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8084 | Parsons; William (1800 - 1867); 3rd Earl of Rosse | 1800 - 1867 |