The Pleiades
Date
1886
Creator
Charles Pritchard (1808 - 1893, British) , Astronomer
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 150mm
width (drawing): 184mm
width (drawing): 184mm
Subject
Description
Astronomical diagram showing the open star cluster M45, the Pleiades centred on the star Alcyone in the constellation of Taurus.
Illustration from the manuscript version of the paper ‘Researches in stellar photography. 1. In its relation to the photometry of the stars. 2. Its applicability to astronomical measurement of great precision’, by Charles Pritchard, Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.41 (1886), pp.195-212. This item was engraved as figure 2 in the printed paper.
Inscribed above ‘Diagram of the Pleiades, as seen in our inverting telescope’. Inscribed below: ‘Fig. 2 The portion of the film distorted is [then corrected to] shewn by the shaded portion’. Instructions to the engraver are written verso.
Charles Pritchard (1808-1893) British astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840.
Illustration from the manuscript version of the paper ‘Researches in stellar photography. 1. In its relation to the photometry of the stars. 2. Its applicability to astronomical measurement of great precision’, by Charles Pritchard, Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.41 (1886), pp.195-212. This item was engraved as figure 2 in the printed paper.
Inscribed above ‘Diagram of the Pleiades, as seen in our inverting telescope’. Inscribed below: ‘Fig. 2 The portion of the film distorted is [then corrected to] shewn by the shaded portion’. Instructions to the engraver are written verso.
Charles Pritchard (1808-1893) British astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1840.
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