Margaret Huggins (courtesy
Wellesley College Archives)
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The work on these photographs is preliminary. In particular the colors are not very representative. As better scans are produce they will be replaced. Unless otherwise noted, these photographs are courtesy of The Wellesley College Observatory.
This portrait of Annie
Cannon hangs in the Wellesley College Observatory. The plaque in in the lower
left corner reads Annie Jump Cannon, B.S. '84, M.A. L.L.D. 1863 - 1941 Wellesley College Astronomer, Harvard Observatory D.Sc. Oxford, England Gift of Classmates, 1884
Margaret Huggins (courtesy
Wellesley College Archives)
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Portable telescopes and clock belonging to Margaret and William Huggins
Portable telescope detail.
Portable telescope detail.
Spectroscopy equipment. The
collection includes several hand-held spectroscopes, several small
telescopes, a portable sun dial, a folding sextant, a grating, and an
astrolabe. The astrolabe was a reproduction that is an incorrect
(nonworking) copy which was given to the Huggins. This photo does not
show the entire collection.
We do not have any photograph of Sarah Whiting at this time but we do have these photographs of the observatory that she helped to establish at Wellesley College (Wellesley, Massachusetts).
The current entryway at the Whitin Observatory bears this
plaque. It reads
WHITIN OBSERVATORY
GIFT OF
SARAH ELIZABETH WHITIN
Trustee of Wellesley College 1896 - 1917
First Director
SARAH FRANCES WHITING
Professor 1876 - 1916
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The top of the original entryway (no longer used). The college seal
is above the words "Whitin Observatory."
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