| RefNo | HS/14/120 |
| 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 | 26 March 1870 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports finding, while preparing a star atlas, that bright stars appear to be very dense in a region associated with the Milky Way but centered on the greater Magellanic Cloud. Because of a coming lecture on stellar distribution, 'I ... am saturating myself with Herschelian astronomy.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12pp |
| 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/Herschel8727
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |