The planet Jupiter
Date
1891
Creator
Unknown, Photographer
Object type
Library reference
34096
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 36mm
width (print): 52mm
width (print): 52mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three astronomical views of Jupiter in two photographs taken by telescope, one showing a paired image.
Figures 3-4 from plate 7 in Pubblicazioni della Specola Vaticana, vol.1-2 (Rome, Tipografia Vaticana, 1891). The images are described in more detail at pp.107-108 of their accompanying article: “Descrizione della specola per la fotografia celeste…’, by Giuseppe Lais and Federico Mannucci.
The images have a printed key on a tissue overlay in the original volume. This is inscribed ‘GIOVE’ and ‘MACCHIA ROSSA’, the latter indicating Jupiter’s atmospheric feature, the Great Red Spot.
The Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana) was re-founded in 1891. Fr. Giuseppe Lais (1845-1921) studied under Pietro Angelo Secchi FRS (1818-1878).
Figures 3-4 from plate 7 in Pubblicazioni della Specola Vaticana, vol.1-2 (Rome, Tipografia Vaticana, 1891). The images are described in more detail at pp.107-108 of their accompanying article: “Descrizione della specola per la fotografia celeste…’, by Giuseppe Lais and Federico Mannucci.
The images have a printed key on a tissue overlay in the original volume. This is inscribed ‘GIOVE’ and ‘MACCHIA ROSSA’, the latter indicating Jupiter’s atmospheric feature, the Great Red Spot.
The Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana) was re-founded in 1891. Fr. Giuseppe Lais (1845-1921) studied under Pietro Angelo Secchi FRS (1818-1878).
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