Photograph film positive

Made:
1919 in Mount Wilson
Craters near the moon's south pole, 1919

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Craters near the moon's south pole, 1919
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Photograph film positive, 16" x 20" portion of the Moon, photographed with the 100-inch Hooker Telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory, 1919 September 15, region near the South Pole, including Arzachel, Alphonsus, Prolemaeus, Albategnius, size of image 14 3/4" x 18 1/2"

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1921-608
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 16 x 20 in.
type:
black-and-white transparencies, astrophotographs and moon
credit:
Mount Wilson Observatory