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 t...
Circular image on white background. Written on back: "Plate 1." and "Top". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 22cm, width 17cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (blemished). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s)...
Fascinating view of the instrument row under construction: (l.t.r.) Transit, 8-inch Bache, 3-inch Camera, 10-inch Metcalf, 13-inch Clarke, Bruce Telescope pier. The Residence and Office Building can also be seen. Old kraal and new fencing visible in left-foreground. Photo has uneven yellowish ca...
Installing the mounting of the 60-inch Rockefeller Telescope.
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PB12_0018 is a derivative of PLB35_0024. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 13cm, width 25cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (tear, edge damage, emulsion damage). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to...
Lagoon (Messier 8) and Trifid (Messier 20) Nebulae.
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Circular high-contrast image on a black background. Written at edge (on original print): "ADH 534". PB12_0057 and PB11_0031 are derivatives. Written on back: "Plate 2." and "Top". n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 21cm, width 16cm. Condition of origi...
Photo has slight yellowish cast. PB12_0015 and PB12_0016 are duplicates. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 14cm, width 25cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (creased, edge damage). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Pub...
View of Modder River from 60-inch observer platform.
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Looking from the observer platform through the open dome slit to the Modder River beyond. The 60-inch telescope is on the right, oriented vertically. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 26cm, width 21cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (d...