RefNo | HS/14/122 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Richard Anthony Proctor to Sir John Herschel, dated at 5 Trigon Road, Kennington |
Creator | Proctor; Richard Anthony (1837-1888); astronomer; science populariser |
Date | 30 April 1870 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends map from his new atlas. Reports finding a region rich in bright stars in the northern hemisphere but distinct from the Milky Way. States that in a Royal Institution lecture, he will claim that telescopes cannot reach the limits of the sidereal system and that it is far more complex than traditionally assumed. |
Language | English |
Extent | 4pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | 5 Trigon Road, Kennington, London |
Origin coordinates | 51.48025, 0.11564 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8730
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |