Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century
by
Omar W. Nasim
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope’s digital cameras. But there was a time, before the successful application of photography to the heavens, in which scientists had to rely on handmade drawings of these mysterious phenomena.
Observing...