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LUNAR PHOTOGRAPHS.—Prof. Weinek, whose artistic skill in the enlargement of lunar photographs cannot but be admired, and who has co operated with the staff of the Lick Observatory in reproducing from their negatives the more interesting features of the moon, has recently made a further contribution to the Vienna Academy of fifteen enlargements of certain details on the lunar surface, as seen at the third quarter. Also, Aristarchus and Herodotus have been drawn with the shadows thrown on the western side as a companion picture to an earlier enlargement in which the shadows are thrown to the east. Dr. Weinek now takes the opportunity of calling attention to the fact that, in many instances, his drawings, indicating the existence of minute detail, have been confirmed by Dr. Gaudibert from optical examination of the moon itself. This remark refers to drawings from original negatives taken both at the Lick and Paris Observatories. The differences between the photographic reproductions and Schmidt's map are admitted, and according to the description furnished by Dr. Gaudibert, it is a little difficult to explain some of the omissions from this well-known authority.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 54, 374 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054374a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054374a0