One of nineteen photographs taken at the Royal Observatory

Made:
1909 in Cape Town and South Africa

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:
overall (mount): 405 x 355 x 1.5 mm
type:
photograph and heliometer
credit:
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope