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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
William Whewell
Date:
15 May 1834
Source of text:
TCC MS O.15.49, f.6
Summary:
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Describes voyage to Cape as being uneventful. 20-ft. reflector operating since late February; has already examined much of the southern sky. Believes the Milky Way is not equidistant from the earth at all points; and that the earth is between Canopus and Alpha Centauri. Amazed at clusters such as Omega Centauri. Describes richness of Magellanic Clouds. Details progress in erecting instruments. Sends observations of Alpha Crucis, which he believes is a double star.