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Observation of a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici drawn by Lord Rosse, 1850. Artist: William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
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Title:
Observation of a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici drawn by Lord Rosse, 1850. Artist: William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse
Caption:
Observation of a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici drawn by Lord Rosse, 1850. Known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, this was the first galaxy to be recognised as having a spiral structure, by the British astronomer William Parsons, Lord Rosse in 1845. Rosse built a telescope at Birr Castle in Ireland between 1842 and 1844. Known as 'The Leviathan of Parsonstown', the Rosse telescope had a six foot speculum (mirror), and was the largest telescope in the world for 75 years, only being superseded by the 100-inch reflector at Mount Wilson, California in 1917. From Lord Rosse's paper Observations of Nebulae published in Philosophical Transactions, London, 1850.
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Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images
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Image size:
4908 x 3558 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
41.6 x 30.1 cm | 16.4 x 11.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • 3RD EARL OF ROSSE • ASTRONOMY • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • CANES VENATICI • CENTURY • CONSTELLATION • DISCOVERY • EARL OF • ENGRAVING • GALAXY • LORD ROSSE • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NATURAL PHENOMENA • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OUTERSPACE • PARSONS • ROSSE • SCIENCE • SPACE (COSMOS) • SPACE • SPATIAL • SPIRAL (SHAPE) • SPIRAL GALAXY • SPIRAL • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • WILLIAM PARSONS • WILLIAM
