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 archivesVisualization 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
Connections: Materials of Observation
12016-06-04T19:22:38-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a691845plain2016-06-06T10:07:21-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceAstronomers kept individual copybooks and scrapbooks in which they used sketches, illustrations, and visually descriptive language alongside numeric charts to record their observations. Charles Perrine's copybook describes his day-to-day observations of comets; Perrine's descriptions perhaps speak to the way in which it is difficult to describe something like light in purely objective terms, untouched by the discourse of aesthetics. In this set of charts from Edward Holden's scrapbook, Holden uses different shades of blue pen to represent the distribution of stars in the southern sky; the careful uniformity of these markings speaks to an aesthetic effort. The scrapbook also contains some illustrations of Jupiter, though Holden discounts them as having "no artistic merit." In what ways does the history of astronomical discovery at the Lick, often represented as a series of technologically impressive and visually impressive photographs produced by automated telescopes, omit the modes of observation and material practices archived here?
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12016-06-03T16:41:38-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Astronomer Charles D. Perrine's copybook3Astronomers kept individual copybooks and scrapbooks in which they used sketches, illustrations, and visual description alongside numeric charts to record their observations.media/IMG_6708.JPGplain2016-06-06T09:29:46-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
12016-06-03T16:44:40-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6Astronomer Edward Holden's scrapbook3Chart recording distribution of southern starsmedia/IMG_6709.JPGplain2016-06-06T10:10:59-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
12016-06-03T16:04:44-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08eField Notes 1954-601Bound journal with Norris's field notes and species catalogues from 1954 to 1960.media/UA66_Bx36_Field Notes 1954-60.JPGplain2016-06-03T16:04:44-07:00Danielle Crawford22ce6a14f83c9ff73c3545a665951a092258f08e
12016-06-03T16:42:39-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6S.W. Burnham's Scrapbook1Astronomer Burnham tries his hand at photography, filling a small scrapbook with images of life on Mount Hamilton. Located on a 19-mile-long road outside of San Jose, the Observatory was quite isolated. In addition to residential facilities, the site of the observatory had its own shops, golf course, post office, and school.media/IMG_6712.JPGplain2016-06-03T16:42:39-07:00Alex Moore6cd84a9f7efd71803c15562e48a509db9e0bb5a6
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12016-06-03T16:41:38-07:00Astronomer Charles D. Perrine's copybook3Astronomers kept individual copybooks and scrapbooks in which they used sketches, illustrations, and visual description alongside numeric charts to record their observations.media/IMG_6708.JPGplain2016-06-06T09:29:46-07:00
12016-06-03T16:44:40-07:00Astronomer Edward Holden's scrapbook3Chart recording distribution of southern starsmedia/IMG_6709.JPGplain2016-06-06T10:10:59-07:00
12016-06-06T09:55:37-07:00Charles D. Perrine's copybook1media/perrine_comets1898.jpgplain2016-06-06T09:55:37-07:0020160525120131+0000