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R. Porret: image of the sun, Créteil (Seine) France, ca. 1956

Image of R. Porret: image of the sun, Créteil (Seine) France, ca. 1956
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An image of sun spots by R. Porret. He made some important photographs of sun spots in 1951. This image is dated "17 février 1956, 13h 42m" in blue pen. Some print details are written in pencil: "Meme grandeur. Largeur totale du cliché: 158 millimètres. Hauteur " ": 170 " Effacer les traits blancs et les lettres blanches." Credit stamp on the verso: "R. Porret - Créteil (Seine)" It's typical for astrophotographers to mention all such details.
The white letters around the image of the sun are written on the negative.

Printed on Agfa Brovia gelatine silver photo paper. Traces of use.

ca. 18 x 23,7 cm