Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10681
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Solar observatory at Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
Date
1889
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Library reference
R61850
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 117mm
width (print): 126mm
width (print): 126mm
Subject
Content object
Description
View of a temporary astronomical observatory outside the city of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia in Russia. Sheds and instrument platforms can be seen on the skyline grouped around an existing small church tower. The observatory was used to record the total solar eclipse visible in Russia on 7 August 1889.
Extra-illustration pasted before the title-page of the book Eclipse totale du soleil...Aout, 1887....issued in Russian [title page also in French] by the Société physico-chimique Russe (St, Petersburg, 1889).
The photograph is captioned below: “Station à Krasnoyarsk”
Extra-illustration pasted before the title-page of the book Eclipse totale du soleil...Aout, 1887....issued in Russian [title page also in French] by the Société physico-chimique Russe (St, Petersburg, 1889).
The photograph is captioned below: “Station à Krasnoyarsk”
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