Observation by Colin Henshaw: Milky Way 1972 - 2013

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Colin Henshaw

Observer

Colin Henshaw

Observed

2016 Dec 27 - 11:31

Uploaded

2016 Dec 27 - 11:40

Objects

The Milky Way
Historical

Equipment

Naked Eye

Location

Wilaston Cheshire; Crantock, Cornwall; NJSOC, New Jersey USA; Kadoma Zimbabwe; Maunatlala, Botswana; Sharma Road, Saudi Arabia.

Target name

Milky Way

Title

Milky Way 1972 - 2013

About this image

On a number of occasions in the early 1970’s it was noticed that the Milky Way did not appear as portrayed in atlases. When several star atlases were consulted, the representation of the visual Milky Way was found to differ in each one.

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