One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory
One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, showing the dome and building for the 7-inch Heliometer by Messrs Repsold and Sons, Hamburg. Used widely by Sir David Gill to make stellar parallax measurements from 1887 onwards.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1909-211/2
- Measurements:
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overall (mount): 405 x 355 x 1.5 mm
- type:
- photograph and heliometer
- credit:
- Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope
