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Paper, 'Astronomical photography' by Edward C [Charles] Pickering

Reference number: PP/3/26

Date: 21 February 1883

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Pickering writes 'The important part that photography is likely to play in the future of astronomy renders it desirable that an opportunity should be afforded to astronomers to acquaint themselves with the improvements continually made in this branch of their science. This could best be done by the establishment at convenient places of collection designed to exhibit the progress of photography as applied to astronomical observations.'

Accompanying note reads 'Circular concerning astronomical photography, from E C Pickering, Director of Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass, USA. Proceedings'.

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Astronomy / Photography

Read 24 May 1883.

A version of this paper was published in volume 35 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Circular concerning astronomical photography'.

Reference number
PP/3/26
Earliest possible date
21 February 1883
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Printed

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Edward Charles Pickering

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Edward Charles Pickering, Paper, 'Astronomical photography' by Edward C [Charles] Pickering, 21 February 1883, PP/3/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_3_26/paper-astronomical-photography-by-edward-c-charles-pickering, accessed on 14 October 2024

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