Hi, Darkness moves, indeed, and I am all the more moved by these pictures because I spent six years of my working life at the observatory where Jules Janssen made these pictures more than a century ago. The instrument he made them with is not there any more, but the place is. Thanks from a reader and "a seeer".
thanks for the comment, that is really something, must have been wonderful. i saw some of these in paris, and was ready to get out my check book, till i saw it was a years salary. sure are pretty though
The photos were probably made at the Paris Observatory, in Meudon, which is now one of the largest research institutes in Europe. I think the instrument doesn't exist anymore, only parts of it.
jules janssen - photographies de la surface solaire - 1884
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Hi,
Darkness moves, indeed, and I am all the more moved by these pictures because I spent six years of my working life at the observatory where Jules Janssen made these pictures more than a century ago. The instrument he made them with is not there any more, but the place is.
Thanks from a reader and "a seeer".
thanks for the comment, that is really something, must have been wonderful.
i saw some of these in paris, and was ready to get out my check book, till i saw it was a years salary.
sure are pretty though
is there a site for the place/instrument?
best,
matthew
The photos were probably made at the Paris Observatory, in Meudon, which is now one of the largest research institutes in Europe. I think the instrument doesn't exist anymore, only parts of it.
Wow, this is amazing!
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