1900 Solar Eclipse Expedition
| Title | 1900 Solar Eclipse Expedition |
| View | Sun 128:50 (2008-003) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | Spectrum of the cusp captured with an objective-prism 10 seconds after the third contact, showing the dark lines reversed at the tips of the crescents. Taken on the Yerkes Observatory expedition to Wadesboro, North Carolina to record the total solar eclipse of May 28, 1900. |
| Subject Terms | Solar spectra | Total solar eclipses | Astronomical spectroscopy |
| Photographer | Frost, Edwin Brant, 1866-1935 |
| Photograph Date | 1900-05-29 |
| Physical Format | Glass plate negatives; 1.3 x 7.8 cm |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-01865 |
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