A Section of the Constellation Cygnus (August 13, 1885), Paul Henry, 1885

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A Section of the Constellation Cygnus (August 13, 1885), 1885, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x (10 3/16 x 8 3/8in.), Photographs, Paul Henry (French, 1848–1905), Prosper Henry (French, 1849–1903), Astronomers at the Paris Observatory, the brothers Paul and Prosper Henry inherited in 1872 a project begun twenty years earlier--the mapping of the heavens by means of painstaking observation, calculation, and notation

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Size: 4018px × 4923px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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