P3548-5/1 Photographic negative, the moon showing the area of Copernicus, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, 14 August, 1891 used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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P3548-5/1 Photographic negative, the moon showing the area of Copernicus, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, 14 August, 1891 used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Photographic negative, the moon showing the area of Copernicus, glass / gelatin, photographed by James Short and Henry Chamberlain Russell, Sydney, 14 August, 1891 used at Sydney Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A glass plate photographic negative showing the area of Copernicus on the moon. A date can be seen scratched into the emulsion on the plate.

Made: 1891

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Text scratched into emulsion reads 'August 14 1891 [hr 2]'.

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P3548-5/1

Production date

1891

Height

163 mm

Width

214 mm

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