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1919 solar eclipse - Image of the first experiment used to prove Einstein's theory of general relativity
1919 solar eclipse - Inverted image of the original published negative

I was reading the Albert Einstein article today and was pleasantly suprised to find this image of the original solar eclipse experiment used to prove Einstein's general relativity theory. The image shows the sun (eclipsed) providing a gravitational lens, altering the apparent positions of the nearby stars (shown between markings). I thought is was really cool and was wondering if anyone else thought so! It was provided by Fastfission. I've also provided an inverted image of the negative in case it's more aesthetically pleasing.

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  • I have a hard time seeing the stars / markings (especially in thumbnail). Would it make sense to have the original with a labeled / marked version beside it showing these more clearly (two side by side)? Ruhrfisch 15:07, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Could certainly be done, and would increase the size of the image as well. InvictaHOG 18:00, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I agree that an annotated version would be a lot better. A problem I see is that the license information appears wrong - this photo was first published in England, not the U.S., and Eddington died less than 70 years ago, so it's likely that it's still copyrighted. --Davepape 01:17, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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