Maximilian Franz Josef Cornelius Wolf and Johann Palisa

Maximilian Franz Josef Cornelius Wolf

German (Heidelberg, Germany, 1863 - 1932, Heidelberg, Germany)

Johann Palisa

Silesian (Troppau, Silesia [now Opava, Czech Republic, 1848 - 1925, Vienna, Austria)

Star map, from the album Photographische Sternkarten (Photographic Star Maps)

1903
photograph | gelatin silver print
Not currently on view in the museum
Star map, from the album Photographische Sternkarten...
14 in. x 10 1/4 in. (35.56 cm x 26.04 cm)
Acquired 2002
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund purchase
2002.188
Keywords

star charts, graph paper, grids, astronomy


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