The archaeology of astronomy – finding 120-year-old observations
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 09:10
in Astronomy & Space
In the basement under the Niels Bohr Institute building on Juliane Maries Vej in Copenhagen they have found astronomical observations that go more than 120 years back in time. The observations were recorded on thin photographic plates made out of glass and they have been shown to contain footage a solar eclipse that is of particular historical interest.