Collection

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope

PART OF:
Nineteen photographs of instruments and stars fields taken at the Royal Observatory
Made:
1909 in Feldhausen Observatory and Cape of Good Hope

One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, showing the monument marking the site of Sir John W. Herschel's telescope at Feldhausen, South Africa .

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1909-211/8
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall (mount): 405 x 355 x 1.5 mm
type:
black-and-white prints (photographs) and observatories
credit:
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope

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