Lantern slides 'Beta Lyrae'

Lantern slides 'Beta Lyrae'

Astronomy
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Variable star

Both of these lantern slides were used by the first director, George W. Myers, at the conference opening Yerkes Observatory held October 18-21, 1897. Myers' work, "The system of Beta Lyrae" was published in the Astrophysical Journal in 1898 (vol. 7, p.1). The first lantern slide was figure 1a on page 3 and the second was figure 4 on page 8.

G.W. Myers

Myers, G.W. (1898) "The system of Beta Lyrae" Astrophysical Journal, vol. 7, p.1.

Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

1897

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University of Illinois Observatory, Urbana, Illinois