Glass positive

Made:: 1930 in Oxford

photographer:: Clyde Tombaugh

Glass positive, 12"x10" of the planet Pluto, in the neighbourhood of Zeta Geminorum, 29th March 1930. Scale 1mm = 5 secs. of arc

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1930-781

Materials:: glass

Measurements:: overall: 12 x 10 in.; 304.8 x 254 mm

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

credit:: Trustees of Dr. John Radcliffe

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