research talk illustration: Early photograhs of Novae, 1893-1898
Date: 1893-1898
Inventory Number: 1998-1-1040b
Classification: Illustration
Subject:
Maker: Edward C. Pickering (1846 - 1919)
Maker: Williamina Fleming (1857 - 1911)
Maker: Boyden Station, Arequipa (1891 - 1927)
Maker: Harvard College Observatory (founded 1839)
Associate Name: Solon I. Bailey (1854 - 1931)
Associate Name: William Henry Pickering (1858 - 1938)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
71.5 x 55.6 x 0.1 cm (28 1/8 x 21 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Description:
1998-1-1040a-m is a collection 13 sheets of tan cardstock onto which are glued photographs of Harvard College Observatory buildings, scientific instruments, and research stations (including that in Arequipa, Peru), celestial photographs taken with Harvard astrographs, and records of data analysis (much of it done by women "computers" employed at the Observatory). The cards were used to illustrate a talk about the Observatory and its research.
Topics include stellar spectroscopy, photometry, novae, binary stars, and variable stars. The images and graphs are captioned in ink in a cursive hand, perhaps by Williamina Fleming.
This particular card shows:
Early photograhs of Novae, 1893-1898
Pencil writing on the reverse of the card:
"Early Photographic Work on Novae under Pickering"
Topics include stellar spectroscopy, photometry, novae, binary stars, and variable stars. The images and graphs are captioned in ink in a cursive hand, perhaps by Williamina Fleming.
This particular card shows:
Early photograhs of Novae, 1893-1898
Pencil writing on the reverse of the card:
"Early Photographic Work on Novae under Pickering"
In Collection(s)
Signedunsigned
Historical AttributesThe images were used to illustrate a talk given by Williamina Fleming, the Curator of Astronomical Photographs, or Edward C. Pickering, the Director of the Harvard College Observatory at a late 19th century astronomical meeting. The handwriting is likely Fleming's.
ProvenanceHarvard College Observatory.
