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 contentAlex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceDanielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
Exhibition at UCSC Special Collections
12016-06-01T16:07:18-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce918423Captions and information for the cases of objects on display at UCSC Special Collectionsstructured_gallery2016-06-05T18:20:54-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceCase One Case Two Case Three Case Four
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12016-06-04T18:57:12-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Atlas coelestis1By the late Reverend Mr. John Flamsteed, regius professor of astronomy at Greenwich, 1729media/IMG_6722.JPGplain2016-06-04T18:57:12-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-03T15:39:08-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6In Relation to Nature11Captions for Case 1gallery2016-06-04T17:12:04-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
12016-06-03T15:13:12-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eKenneth S. Norris: Natural History, Pedagogy, and Echolocation24Captions for all Objects in Case 2gallery2016-06-05T01:19:47-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-01T11:36:57-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceCase 5: Illustrating the Cosmos52The images on the top shelf of case 4 display a selection of astronomical illustrations from the Lick Observatory archives. Notably, the archives contain sketches and correspondence from famous astronomical illustrator Étienne Trouvelot. Did the ideas and images offered by artists like Trouvelot have an impact on the way astronomers at the Lick perceived the cosmos? Can astronomical observation be purely objective, freed from aesthetic experience and aesthetic expectations? Click the above link to read more.gallery2016-06-06T11:54:47-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
12016-06-01T17:58:36-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662cePhotographing and Printing the Cosmos30for physical exhibitgallery2016-06-05T18:19:22-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
12016-06-01T17:54:20-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Eclipse Expeditions in Context20Information for all the objects in Case 4structured_gallery2016-06-04T17:06:37-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-04T10:01:39-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Understanding the Sun19This group of illustrations and photographs traces the struggle of astronomers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to understand the sun, particularly the nature of sun spots and the solar corona.plain2016-06-04T19:48:15-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-05-19T15:53:03-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Onsite labor7At each site, months of labor--from the unloading of cargo and washing of dishes to the construction of the Schaeberle instrument and its precisely timed manipulation--went into the production of the final images.plain2016-06-04T17:18:40-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
12016-06-03T16:27:07-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6The Importance of framing10These four images of the Schaeberle camera point to the importance that framing can play in a photograph and the story that it tells.plain2016-06-04T18:45:23-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
