Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1911 Fifty-sixth Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
- Exhibit title:
- Halley's Comet
- Exhibitor:
- Lowell Observatory
- Section:
- Stereographs and Transparencies in Sections II., III. and V.
- Group Title:
- Astronomical Photographs - Comet Photographs
- Exhibit No.:
- 952 to 955
- Description:
- In (6) length of tail photographed about 50°. South branch of tail begins about 17° ¾ from the head. Meteor trail across inner part of tail. This same trail shown on larger scale plate (7). Note jets form nucleus in (8) and unsymmetrical nucles and from of envelopes in (9). Nos. (6), (7) and (8) show the great activity of the comet on May 13.
- Sub-exhibits:
- 952 (6) May, 13th, 1910 15h. 28m. - 16h. 4m. With 82-inch focus Cooke, f/4'5
953 (7) May 13th, 1910 15h. 37m. - 16h. 16m. With Brashear doublet 35-inch focus, f/7
954 (8) May 13th, 1910 16h. 18m. Exposures 1m. and 2m. With 40-inch reflector, 220 focus.
955 (9) May 21st, 1910 Exposurew 4m. With 40-inch reflector, 220 focus.
- Exhibit type:
- Photograph
- Process:
- [Not Listed] ()
- Award:
- none
- Source(s):
- Photograph by V. M. Slipher
Photograph by C. O. Lampland
Photograph by E. C. Slipher
