Glass positive:- Halley's comet

Made:: 1910 in Helwan Observatory

photographer:: Harold Knox-Shaw

maker:: Science Museum

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Glass positive:- Halley's comet, H
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Harold Knox-Shaw. Enquiries to Science Museum, London

Glass positive:- Halley's comet, H. Knox-Shaw, Helwan Observatory Egypt, 1910, May 31d 6h 27m, 30-inch Reflector, focal length, 135 in, exposure, 8 min, 6 1.2" x 8 1/2"

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1929-736

Materials:: glass

type:: black-and-white transparencies, astrophotographs and comets

credit:: Science Museum (Great Britain)

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