Plate 17
A glass plate exposed on 17 August 1908. The field is unremarkable at ordinary magnification.
Open plateArchive accession: OIS-17
The Observatory of Incorrect Stars
A collection of astronomical plates, notebooks and correspondence from a private observatory whose recorded sky does not quite agree with the one above us. Most discrepancies are small. A few are not.
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Current object
Comparison star field, 1908.
The surviving material was catalogued after the closure of the observatory. Coordinates have been retained exactly as written, including those that appear impossible.
Selected records
Harrow's observing notebook
Measurements of a star whose parallax appears to imply several incompatible distances.
Read notebookCorrespondence
Letters concerning the plate archive, a disputed southern constellation, and instructions not to correct the coordinates.
Open correspondenceArchive note. The coordinates below have been checked against the source material. They are not transcription errors. Do not correct them.