Star Cloud in the Milky Way

PhotographerE.E. Barnard

CountryUnited States

MediumCollotype

JournalThe Photographic Times: 1895: July-December

AtelierFrederick Gutekunst Co. (Philadelphia)

Year1895

View Additional Information & Tags

Astronomy, Night

Dimensions

Image Dimensions: 20.3 x 15.3 cm August
Support Dimensions: 29.0 x 21.7 cm


Star Cloud in the Milky Way was a supplemental collotype plate included with the August, 1895 issue of The Photographic Times. Along with many full-page halftone plates, but appearing later in the issue, (opposite p. 96) it was used to illustrate an extensive article written by Professor E.E. Barnard (Edward Emerson- b. 1857) of the Lick Observatory in California titled Astronomical Photography. (pp. 65-88)

Engraved at lower margin of plate:

STAR CLOUD IN THE MILKY WAY.
Near Messier II.  1892, June 29.
Taken By Prof. E.E. Barnard at the Lick Observatory,
Exposure 3 hours 25 minutes : from 11 h. 40 m. to 15 h. 5 m.

Star Cloud in the Milky Way