Naval observatory transit telescope which observes the Clock Stars" [...] secure[?] the – Vintage Photo Print
![Naval observatory transit telescope which observes the Clock Stars" [...] secure[?] the, [between 1909 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/dc/dc6bd8cfca81-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A transit telescope at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington is the subject here, an instrument fixed to track stars as they crossed a single line in the sky. Observers timed the passage of "clock stars" through the field of view, and those measurements let astronomers check and set the clocks that kept the Navy and the public on accurate time. The National Photo Company, which recorded the capital and its institutions in the years around 1910, made this glass negative sometime between 1909 and 1919. Viewers may notice streaks and faint blemishes, the result of the original coating deteriorating over time.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,086 × 4,385 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248773 |
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