Orbit of Vesta
Date
1808
Creator
S. Porter (British) , Engraver
After
Stephen Groombridge (1755 - 1832, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 135mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Description
Astronomical diagram of the orbit of Vesta, showing background stars of 5th, 6th and 7th magnitudes.
Plate 3, illustrating a letter from Stephen Groombridge, Blackheath, 14 October 1808, to Archibald Tilloch, enclosing ‘Ephemeris of Vesta at Midnight’. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.32, (1808) p.94.
Inscribed above: ‘Phil. Mag. Vol.XXXII. Pl.III.’ Inscribed left: ‘Diagram of the Motion of Vesta’. Inscribed below: ‘Groombridge delnt. S.Porter sc. 125’.
Stephen Groombridge (1755-1832) British astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
Plate 3, illustrating a letter from Stephen Groombridge, Blackheath, 14 October 1808, to Archibald Tilloch, enclosing ‘Ephemeris of Vesta at Midnight’. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.32, (1808) p.94.
Inscribed above: ‘Phil. Mag. Vol.XXXII. Pl.III.’ Inscribed left: ‘Diagram of the Motion of Vesta’. Inscribed below: ‘Groombridge delnt. S.Porter sc. 125’.
Stephen Groombridge (1755-1832) British astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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