Franklin-Adams charts An early photographic atlas of the sky by the English amateur astronomer John Franklin-Adams (1843-1912), based on plates taken at Johannesburg, South Africa, and Godalming, England, and published posthumously in 1913-1914. There are 206 charts covering the whole sky, each 15° square, and showing stars as faint as 17th magnitude. Related category ASTRONOMICAL CATALOGS Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History |