Dec 14, 2017
Constellation Norma, 1890, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences (P3548-228). Photographic negative, number 10, the stars of the Milky Way showing the area around Constellation Norma, glass / gelatin, used at Sydney Observatory, photograph by James Short and H. C. Russell, Sydney, 15 August, 1890.
Title written on paper envelope with information '...RA 16-38 Dec 55 [degrees] 33...Good Negative...Exposed 3 hours...[beta], [alpha], [gamma] Norma show just on left hand margin of plate, a little below middle'. Scratched into plate is 'August 15 1890 Taken RA 16 38 Dec 55..33. Exposed 3 hours' and 'South' on bottom of plate. Found wrapped with other negatives, labelled 'All these negatives were used as illustrations of the Milky Way'.