Name
Rutherfurd, Lewis Morris, 1816-1892 (Creator)
Title
[Cygni]
Collection Name
Lewis Morris Rutherfurd photographs
Archival Context
Series I: Rutherfurd Glass Plate Negatives, 1850s-1870s. Box no. 61 Cygni No 20 (RBML 38), Item no. 7
Subjects
astronomical photography; stars (extraterrestrial bodies)
Format
negatives
Genre
Glass negatives
Date
Dec 17, 1872
Physical Description
138mm x 140mm
Note
Transcribed from slide: 61 Cygni / No. 7, / Bar 30.328 / Tjer Att 33[degree symbol] / " aut. 32[degree symbol] / " au tele 33[degree symbol] / [illegible] 7.9 / 1 Ex 00h, 40m, 50s / 2 " 00, 45, 55 / (5 m) / Measured October 1874
Starfield measurements described in "The Rutherfurd Photographic Measures of Sixty-five Stars near 61 Cygni" by Herman S. Davis in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1897 v. 10. https://archive.org/details/annalsofnewyo10189798newy/page/7 2/mode/2up
Language
No linguistic content
Library Location
University Archives, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Digital Project
rutherfurd_photographs
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/ax45-rk76