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
12016-06-08T15:25:53-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceReproducing the Images10gallery2016-09-12T19:27:03-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
1media/UA36/UA36_Bx463B_spiral1899.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:56-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Great Spiral Nebula (M51), photographer unknown (likely James Keeler), 1899.9This is a four-hour exposure of the Great Spiral Nebula using the 36" Crossley reflector. Note the loss of detail described by Perrine or "faint nebulosity" described in the letters here; compare with the image of the spiral galaxy from 1914. N.B.: This is now known as the Whirlpool 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.media/UA36/UA36_Bx463B_spiral1899.jpgplain2016-06-06T16:06:11-07:001899Lick ObservatoryChristine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
1media/UA36/UA36_Bx463B_andromeda1894.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:56-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Andromeda 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. BarnardChristine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
1media/UA36/UA36_Bx463A_Orion NebulaDrawings1844026.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:56-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Illustrations of Orion Nebula, Frederik Kaiser (astronomer), 1844.2Created at the Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands.media/UA36/UA36_Bx463A_Orion NebulaDrawings1844026.jpgplain2016-06-05T19:39:36-07:001844Leiden, GermanyFrederik KaiserChristine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
12016-05-11T22:14:46-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Correspondence with Photogravure and Color Company about nebulae prints, 1905.1media/UA36/UA36_Bx113_nebulaecorres_Campbell_1905.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:46-07:001905Lick ObservatoryW.W. CampbellCraig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490
12016-05-11T22:14:46-07:00Craig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490Correspondence with Photogravure and Color Company about nebulae prints, 1905.1media/UA36/UA36_Bx113_nebulaecorres_Campbell_1905_p2.jpg2016-05-11T22:14:46-07:001905Lick ObservatoryW.W. CampbellCraig Dietrich2d66800a3e5a1eaee3a9ca2f91f391c8a6893490
12016-06-03T16:52:52-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ceNote about the term "nebula"1plain2016-06-03T16:52:52-07:00Christine Turkb279a3dcf419860f915007f04f08e6fc0f8662ce
