Summary

Photograph of Nubecular Major or Large Magellanic Cloud taken at Mount Stromlo Observatory, 15 October 1912.

A 9 inch refracting telescope by Grubb, Dublin, was donated in 1910 by James Oddie of Ballarat, to the Commonwealth Government, for the establishment of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory.

Melbourne Observatory astronomers Pietro Baracchi and James Baldwin used the telescope at Mount Stromlo from September 1911 to September 1912, to test the suitability of the site for the establishment of a permanent observatory.

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Stars of Nubecular Major or Large Magellanic Cloud

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