Reading Nature, Observing Science: Examining Material Practices in the Lick Observatory Archives and Kenneth S. Norris PapersMain MenuIntroduction to the Lick Observatory ArchivesThe Lick Observatory: Imaging the CosmosThe Lick Observatory: Eclipse ExpeditionsEclipse Intro page (first in a path)Introduction to Kenneth S. Norris PapersKenneth S. Norris Papers: Natural History in PracticeKenneth S. Norris Papers: Pedagogy and ConservationConnections: In Relation to NatureThese images demonstrate the different constructions of nature in the two archivesConnections: Materials of ObservationVisualization of the ConnectionsVisualizes the connections between all the contentReading Nature, Observing ScienceCaptions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special CollectionsAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
Andromeda Nebula, photographed by Edward Barnard, 1894.
12016-06-06T10:34:02-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce91841plain2016-06-06T10:34:02-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceProfessor Edward Barnard produced a great deal of the Lick's early photographic images. He used the smaller Willard telescope, fitted with the type of lens typically used to make portraits, to create this image of the Andromeda Nebula. N.B.: This is now known as the Andromeda Galaxy. Astronomers did not yet understand the difference between nebulae and galaxies, believing that they were of the same nature. Most thought that all of these distant structures were contained within the Milky Way galaxy itself. The difference was confirmed in the 1920s; the work of one of the Lick's astronomers, Heber Curtis, contributed in part to this development.
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1media/UA36/UA36_Bx463B_andromeda1894.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:56-07:00Andromeda Nebula, photographed by Edward Barnard, 1894.4Professor Edward Barnard produced most of the Lick's early photographic images. He used the smaller Willard telescope, fitted with the type of lens typically used to make portraits, to create this image. N.B.: This is now known as the Andromeda Galaxy. Astronomers did not yet understand the difference between nebulae and galaxies, believing that they were of the same nature.media/UA36/UA36_Bx463B_andromeda1894.jpgplain2016-06-06T10:36:11-07:001894Lick ObservatoryE.E. Barnard