Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10682
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Solar observatory at Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
Date
1889
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Library reference
R61850
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 87mm
width (print): 126mm
width (print): 126mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape near the city of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia in Russia showing farmland with cattle in the foreground. In the distance is a ridge upon which a temporary astronomical observatory stands 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: “Vue generale de la Station”
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: “Vue generale de la Station”
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