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One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory

PART OF:
Nineteen photographs of instruments and stars fields taken at the Royal Observatory
Made:
1909 in Cape Town
One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory

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One of nineteen photographs from the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, showing a view of Uranus and its moons. Taken with the Victoria Telescope (McClean gift ) by J.Lunt on June 29, 1905.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1909-211/15
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 295 x 240 x 2.5 mm
type:
black-and-white prints (photographs), astrophotographs and uranus
credit:
Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope

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