Glass positive photograph of total solar eclipse

Made:: 1919 in Sobral

photographer:: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

Photograph of the corona taken at the total solar eclipse

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Photograph of the corona taken at the total solar eclipse
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Photograph of the Corona taken at the total Solar Eclipse 1919 May 29 at Sobral, Brazil, with a telescope 4 inches aperture 19 feet focal length, glass positive (10" x 12"). The expedition organised by Sir Arthur Eddington of the Royal Greenwich Observatory used photographs taken during the eclipse to measure the deflection of star light adjacent to the Sun as predicted by Einstein in his Theory of Relativity.

Details

Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1920-18

Materials:: paper and glass

Measurements:: overall (in mount): 260 mm x 310 mm 1.33 kg

type:: black-and-white transparency and solar eclipse

credit:: Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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