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Photograph (Wood-Framed Lantern Slide): Orion Nebula, Taken at the University Observatory, Oxford, February 6, 1886

Inventory Number 13399


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13399

Item type
Object
Provenance
From the Oxford University Observatory.
Dimensions
Height: 87mm Width: 152mm Depth: 12mm Weight: 65g
Inventory No
13399

Description

Wooden slide with two circular apertures for slides, one marked "1886 Dec. 24" in which the slide is missing, the other "1886 Feb. 6". Six metal pins hold the frame together. An arrow is drawn with its head above and its tail below the aperture that is missing the slide. The letters Ra are crossed out either side of this aperture.