RefNo | PT/62/8/17 |
Level | Item |
Title | Plate, spiral nebula with two arms observed in April 1851 by [William Parsons] |
Date | [1861] |
Description | Figure showing a spiral nebula with two arms observed by Parsons on 15 April 1852. The nebula is drawn in graphite. The nebula corresponds to number 858 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 |