Item MM 40191 Photograph - Solar Eclipse, Taken by Lick Observatory Staff at Flint Island, Micronesia, 3 Jan 1908

Summary

Photograph of the total solar eclipse, observed at Flint Island, Micronesia on 3 January 1908, by a party from Lick Observatory.

Photograph in a photograph album used at Melbourne Observatory, late 19th century. The photographs show the main Melbourne Observatory building, Great Melbourne Telescope, 8 inch transit telescope, recording equipment, observatories in other cities and countries, astronomers, astronomical photographs of sun and stars.

Description of Content

Photograph of the total solar eclipse, observed at Flint Island, Micronesia on 3 January 1908, by a party from Lick Observatory.