Glass Positive of Hubble’s Classification of ‘Nebulae’

Made:
1930 in Mount Wilson and London
preparer:
Science Museum
supplier:
James Hopwood Jeans
Glass positive of :- Hubble's classification of Nebulae Crop detail for gallery use of glass positive of :- Hubble's Black and white copy from 1937 of glass positive of :- Hubble's

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Glass positive of :- Hubble's classification of Nebulae
Sir James Jeans. Enquiries to Science Museum, London

Crop detail for gallery use of glass positive of :- Hubble's
Sir James Jeans. Enquiries to Science Museum, London

Black and white copy from 1937 of glass positive of :- Hubble's
Sir James Jeans. Enquiries to Science Museum, London

Glass positive of :- Hubble's classification of Nebulae (extra-galactic spirals). Shows: Sa.N.G.C.4594; SBa.N.G.C.2859; Sb.N.G.C.2841; Sc. N.G.C.5459; SBb.N.G.C.5850; SBc.N.G.C. 7479. Plate XV Mount Wilson Contribution No.324. 12"x15". Prepared from celluloid positive lent by Sir James Jeans

The famous astronomer Edwin Hubble showed that ‘spiral nebulae’ were actually galaxies of stars beyond our own galaxy, the Milky Way. He devised a system of galaxy classification that is still widely used today.

These galaxy images were taken at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California and show some of the different types of spiral galaxy.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1930-682
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
depth: 5mm
height: 385mm
weight: 0.5kg
weight: 1.10232lbs
width: 310mm
overall (laid flat): 5 mm x 384 mm x 305 mm, 1.236 kg
type:
black-and-white transparency and copy print
credit:
Science Museum