Astronomy Gallery

Rosses Giant Telescope

William Parsons, 3rd earl of Rosse, built his giant telescope, known as the Leviathan, at Parsonstown, near Dublin and with it made several important discoveries. Date: 1845

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Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK

When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror. Before the fall, sounds were heard resembling thunder, or a cannon firing, followed by a drumbeat

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Looking at the Moon

A group of amateur astronomers look through a telescope at the moon and see a face in it (illustration to the fable, An animal in the moon')

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