Glass positive of the 'new planet Pluto'

Made:: 1930 in Flagstaff

photographer:: Carl Otto Lampland

maker:: Science Museum

Glass positive of:- The new planet Pluto. Lowell Observatory 42-inch Reflector. Focal length 220ins. March 5d 3h 44m. C.O. Lampland. 12"x8". (Prepared from silver print [from R.A.S. N.416] lent by Sir James Jeans)

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1930-681

Materials:: glass

type:: black-and-white transparencies, astrophotographs, planets and pluto

credit:: Science Museum (Great Britain)

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Glass positive of the 'new planet Pluto'

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