Glass positive:- Meteor and Polar star trails

Made:: 1922 in Sidmouth

photographer:: William James Stewart Lockyer

maker:: Science Museum

Glass positive:- Meteor and Polar star trails, W.J.S

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Glass positive:- Meteor and Polar star trails, W.J.S
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Glass positive:- Meteor and Polar star trails, W.J.S. Lockyer, at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth, 1922, November 16, 5 1/4-inch lens, focal length, 28 in, 10" x 12"

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1929-721

Materials:: glass

type:: black-and-white transparencies, astrophotographs, stars, meteors and star trails

credit:: Science Museum (Great Britain)

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Glass positive:- Meteor and Polar star trails

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