From:
Johann Wilhelm Pastorff
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1820 to 1824]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 6/2.10 verso; Reel 8
Summary:
Sends paper on photospheres to be read to Astronomical Society.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Sends paper on photospheres to be read to Astronomical Society.
Requests answer to JP's earlier letter. Observations of photospheres around planets and satellites.
JH presented JP's paper on photospheres to Society.
Observations of Venus by William Herschel and JH. Only J. H. Schröter claims to have seen 'deep marginal indentations' that JP claims.