Orion Nebula, as shown in the Atlas of Joh. Müller's Lehrbuch der Kosmischen Physik
(5th ed., 1894), a recent addition to the Niels Bohr Library. At the
time the Atlas was published, photographic reproductions of very bright
objects like the Moon were starting to replace drawings of objects that
could not yet be captured with photography which included not only
pale nebulae like this but even solar prominences and the planets.
RETURN to Fall 2004 Photos & Quotes Page
RETURN to Fall 2004 Newsletter Table of Contents