Summary

Melbourne Observatory astronomers Pietro Baracchi and James Baldwin used a 9 inch refracting telescope by Grubb, Dublin, at Mount Stromlo to test the suitability of the site for the establishment of a permanent Commonwealth Solar Observatory. The telescope was donated in 1910 by James Oddie of Ballarat, and hence known colloquially as the 'Oddie Telescope'.

For one week each month from September 1911 to December 1912, Baracchi and Baldwin visited Mt Stromlo to take observations and photographs.

This photograph was taken with a three-inch stop for an exposure of 55 minutes. Notes on the accompanying envelope note 'Night time moonlight'. The date is noted only as '1911 October'.

Description of Content

Trial star photograph taken at Mount Stromlo, October 1911. Star cluster in Scorpio.

Physical Description

Silver gelatin glass plate negative.

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