Photographic Map of the Sky, 1900
Photographic Map of the Sky, 1900, Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Planche n°118
Vintage
38 x 37,5 cm / 15 x 14,8 inch
Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences in the world. During the the Age of Enlightenment, in the 18th century, a distinction is made between astrology and astronomy. Subsequently, in the late nineteenth century, photography allows a great leap forward. Soon enough astrophotography replaces other mediums of representation. It also allows long-exposure, sometimes several hours, which permits to capture lights invisible to the eye.
Photographic Map of the Sky, 1900, Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Planche n°118
Vintage
38 x 37,5 cm / 15 x 14,8 inch
Photographic Map of the Sky, 1900, Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Planche n°144
Vintage
38 x 37,5 cm / 15 x 14,8 inch
Total Solar Eclipse, 30 june 1973
Vintage gelatin silver print
18 x 25 cm / 7,1 x 9,9 inch
Spiral Nebula, c. 1910, Lick Observatory
Vintage gelatin silver print
25 x 21 cm / 9,9 x 8,3 inch
Solar Flare, c. 1970, Australia, CSIRO Solar Observatory Large sunspot.
Caption : “Large sunspot photographed in the wing of hydrogen alpha line. This shows the sunspot as it appears at the chromospheric as opposed to the photospheric level.”
Vintage gelatin silver print
19,7 X 25 cm / 7,8 x 9,9 inch
Orion MWO, 13 November 1920, Mount Wilson Observatory, USA
Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
“Orion, IC 434, Nebula sout of Zeta Orionis containing Dark Bay (Barnard 33), exposure 3 hrs, 100 inch Hooker reflector”
Vintage silver print
19 x 24,5 cm / 7,5 x 9,7 inch
Rings of Saturn, 1979
Color slide
9 x 12,8 cm / 3,6 x 5,1 inch
Saturn, c. 1979
Color slide
13 x 17,8 cm / 5,2 x 7,1 inch
Saturn, c. 1979
Color slide
10 x 12,5 cm / 4 x 5 inch