April 2/92 Evening [Moon]

Object detail

Accession number

2003.48.2.17

Maker

John Grigg

Production period

1890s

Description

Glass plate negative of the moon during waxing crescent phase. Image captured with a home-made prime focus astrocamera attached to a 3.5-inch Wray refractor telescope in Grigg's Thames Observatory.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Glass

Physical description

1 glass plate negative : black and white ; 3.8 x 5 cm

Record level

Work

Credit Line

John Grigg. 02 Apr 1892. April 2/92 Evening [Moon], 2003.48.2.17. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Thames-Coromandel District
Waikato
New Zealand

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Photograph Negative Negative, Glass Plate Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Astronomy Moon Space Photographs on glass

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

Subject auto tags

Moon Crescent Black Style Astronomical object Black-and-white Font Space Eclipse Darkness

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