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Zeiss Comparator

1908

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Zeiss Comparator
  • Title
  • Zeiss Comparator
  • Creator
  • Allegheny Observatory
  • Date
  • 1908
  • Identifier
  • 6422.316.AO
  • Description
  • Zeiss Comparator of the Allegheny Observatory. The "Spectrocomparator" was Designed in 1904 by the Company Carl Zeiss Jena, Founded by Noted Optician, Dr. Carl F. Zeiss. The "Stereocomparator" is an Instrument that Permits the Measurement of Relative Distances and Reveals Changes within a Star Field by Comparing One Image Against Another Simultaneously. This Tool Was Invaluable for the Discovery of Many Celestial Wonders Including Asteroids, Comets, and the Discovery of Pluto.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Astronomical instruments
    Allegheny Observatory
    Zeiss, Carl, 1816-1888
    Zeiss Blink Comparator
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
    Observatory Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Observatory Records, 1850-1977
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Observatory Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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