EditorialPhotograph - Eta Argus Nebula, taken with Great Melbourne Telescope, 1883, Experimental photograph of Eta Argus Nebula taken by Joseph Turner with the Great Melbourne Telescope, probably early 1883. In 1882 astronomers in Britain and America began to s...
EditorialNebulous Stars and Nebulae, Fog, no. LXXXII, after p. 92, 1842, Charles F. Blunt: The beauty of the heavens: a pictorial display of the astronomical phenomena of the universe. One hundred and four coloured scenes illustrating a familiar lecture on astr...
EditorialPhasis comet last in first three days, Illustration of a comet over three days from the 17th century, pl., 1, p. 88, 1618, Giovanni Battista Hodierna: De systemate orbis cometici deque admirandis coeli characteribus, opuscula duo, in quorum primo comet...
EditorialPhotograph - Orion Nebula, taken with Great Melbourne Telescope, 1883, Photograph of the Orion Nebula, taken by Joseph Turner with Great Melbourne Telescope, 26 February 1883. In 1882 astronomers in Britain and America began to successfully use the mor...
EditorialPhotograph - Orion Nebula, Taken with the Great Melbourne Telescope, Victoria, 26 Feb 1883, Photograph of Orion Nebula, taken by Joseph Turner with the Great Melbourne Telescope on 26 Feb 1883, with an exposure of 4 minutes. In 1882 astronomers in Brit...
EditorialPhotograph - Eta Argus Nebula, taken with Great Melbourne Telescope, 1883, Experimental photograph of Eta Argus Nebula taken by Joseph Turner with the Great Melbourne Telescope, 7 January 1883. In 1882 astronomers in Britain and America began to succes...
EditorialMirror with Clouds and Nebulae, late 3rd century BC-early 1st century. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); overall: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); rim: 0.6 cm (1/4 in.).
EditorialMirror with Clouds and Nebulae, 200-100 BC. China, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Bronze; diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); overall: 1.2 cm (1/2 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.).