Caption slip glued to photograph: "A 1[corrected in pencil with '2'].25-fold enlargement of ADH 420, a red-sensitive plate (103a-E) with accompanying red filter (Wratten 25A), centered at 10h 43m, -59.4° near the Eta Carinae emission nebula. Observer W.D. Victor, date May 7/8, 1951. Taken with the Armagh-Dunsink-Harvard Baker-Schmidt telescope at the Boyden Station of Harvard Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa. The slight imperfections of images that occur near the corners of the enlargement are produced by the enlarger, not defective optics of the Baker-Schmidt.". Written on back: "ADH 420 x2.25 eta Car neb". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 17cm, width 22cm. Condition of original material: Moderate damage (scratched, creased). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N/a. Original institution reference: PB12_P0515.
eta Carinae (NGC 3372) region
Item details
Creation date:
1891-1994
Content type:
Photograph
Originals information:
The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Reference:
EAP1190/1/6/8/53
Level:
Item
Extent:
1
Digitisation date:
2019
Legal:
This item is part of
- Project EAP1190:
- Collection EAP1190/1:
- Collection EAP1190/1/6:
- File EAP1190/1/6/8:
- Item EAP1190/1/6/8/53:
