One of four photographs in passe-partout frames of Solar Corona taken with Lyot's "Coronagraph"

PART OF:
Four photographic prints in passe-partout frames of Solar Corona
Made:
1936 in Pic du Midi Observatory
maker:
Bernard Ferdinard Lyot
One of four photographs in passe-partout frames of Solar Corona taken with Lyot's "Coronagraph"

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Bernard Ferdinand Lyot. Enquiries to Science Museum, London

One of four photographs in passe-partout frames of Solar Corona taken with Lyot's "Coronagraph" at the observatory at the Pic du Midi, France on , July 19th 1936 (9 h).

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1938-217/4
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 3 x 280 x 280 mm
type:
black-and-white transparencies, astrophotographs, sun, solar corona, solar prominences and solar chromosphere
credit:
Paris Observatory

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