Window transparencies
Title
Window transparencies
Subject
Astronomy
Photography
Furniture
Photography
Furniture
Description
Wood, glass, film
Black rectangular frame with two metal eye hooks on the top. Hung in window, wooden frame, image of moon sandwiched between two pieces of glass and a light diffusor. Illuminates print using light from outside. Seven were made locally from transparencies in 1907. On many pictures from the period, you can see the transparencies hanging in the windows in the foyer, and in the south windows of the classroom. One is a black and white photograph of M33. The second is the Moon, specifically Crater Theophilus in center, Mare Nectaris on left. Picture taken with 40-inch refractor at Yerkes Observatory by Ritchey. Published in The Popular Science Monthly, February 1902, page 312 illustration 13.
Black rectangular frame with two metal eye hooks on the top. Hung in window, wooden frame, image of moon sandwiched between two pieces of glass and a light diffusor. Illuminates print using light from outside. Seven were made locally from transparencies in 1907. On many pictures from the period, you can see the transparencies hanging in the windows in the foyer, and in the south windows of the classroom. One is a black and white photograph of M33. The second is the Moon, specifically Crater Theophilus in center, Mare Nectaris on left. Picture taken with 40-inch refractor at Yerkes Observatory by Ritchey. Published in The Popular Science Monthly, February 1902, page 312 illustration 13.
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, Urbana
Date
circa 1907
Contributor
Michael Svec
Rights
Copyright, Michael Svec
Format
image/jpg
Language
English
Type
physical object
Coverage
University of Illinois Observatory, Urbana, Illinois
Files
Collection
Citation
Unknown, “Window transparencies,” University of Illinois Observatory Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://uiobservatory.omeka.net/items/show/64.