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observatory's facilities by commissioning a 218mm Merz Equatorial Refracting Telescope to the German constructor Georg Merz. In 1946 the observatory became

institution in Ireland. The observatory houses a 12-inch (30 cm) refracting telescope which was built by Grubbs of Dublin using a French manufactured lens

used the achromatic lens to build the first achromatic telescope, a refracting telescope free from chromatic aberration (colour distortion). He lived at New

Yerkes 41-inch reflector is a 40-inch aperture (101.6 cm) reflecting telescope at the Yerkes Observatory, that was completed in 1968. It is known as the

husband Edward P. Burrell. The observatory houses a Warner & Swasey refracting telescope with a 133⁄8-inch objective, a 4-inch finder, and a 1-inch finder

It is located in Pullman, Washington (US). It houses the largest refracting telescope in the state of Washington. The 12-inch lens was originally ground

in 1951 and he supervised the move of its instrument, a 26-inch refracting telescope, to Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia (IAU code 414). This Yale-Columbia

1852 the firm of Alvan Clark (Cambridge, Massachusetts) built a 7" refracting telescope, which was restored for the observatory's sesquicentennial. In 1963

research. It also houses a five-inch solar telescope and an eight-inch refracting telescope. The 32-inch telescope is tied with the Austin-Fellows telescope

Venice Biennale. Already at age 12, Kutter manufactured his first refracting telescope from lenses taken from a toy cinematograph. Later he became known

The Shuckburgh telescope or Shuckburgh equatorial refracting telescope was a 4.1 inches (10.4 cm) diameter aperture telescope on an equatorial mount completed

counting sunspots by eye over automated methods, using a Fraunhofer refracting telescope installed by Zurich Observatory director Rudolf Wolf in 1849. Waldmeier

downtown Flagstaff, houses the original 61-centimeter (24-inch) Clark Refracting Telescope, which is now used for public education, with 85,000 annual visitors

an unseen companion disturbing its motion. Clark used the largest refracting telescope lens in existence at the time, and the largest telescope in the United

documents. A collection of scientific hardware, including a Brashear refracting telescope and equatorial mount, were donated to the New York State Museum in

Ajaka. Located at the Sydney Observatory is a vintage 7.25-inch refracting telescope on an Equatorial mount that was manufactured by the German company

sandstone and has a distinctive 7 m dome, which houses a Victorian refracting telescope, a small planetarium, and display areas. The dome is one of two made

Merz and Sons, vintage 7¼″ refracting telescope at the Sydney Observatory Georg Merz and Sons, vintage refracting telescope at the Quito Astronomical Observatory

linear ridges that have a fishbone-like pattern, and, with the small refracting telescope he was using, could be perceived as resembling buildings complete

Rugby School. The Observatory boasted an 8¼ inch (210mm) aperture refracting telescope built by Alvan Clark of America. He was one of the founders of the

he built at Meeanee. In July 1907 with a nine-inch photo-visual refracting telescope he opened a new observatory in Meeanee observatory. This was, at

of Markree Observatory. His observatory was home to the largest refracting (telescope with a lens) of the 1830s (an almost 14 inch astronomical grade

sizes and descriptions. Most recently,[when?] Custer acquired a 10" refracting telescope. Custer's telescope is the largest of its type in the United States

collections of its kind in the British Isles. A 2½ inch aperture refracting telescope by J & E Troughton was installed in a dome in 1795. The telescope

Unnamed 20cm refracting telescope Unnamed 50cm reflecting telescope

and focuses the incoming light. Primary lens: The objective of a refracting telescope. Primary mirror: The objective of a reflecting telescope. Corrector

West of Ireland, supplied in 1834 - was, until 1839, the largest refracting telescope in the world. It was used to sketch Halley's comet in 1835 and to

inauguration of a newly built observatory including a sixteen-inch refracting telescope in 1883. In the following years, many of Lewis Swift's publications

Observatory (according to the 50th-anniversary book, this was a 40-inch refracting telescope completed in time for display at the World's Columbian Exposition

Scope' (named after the Craig telescope, which was once the largest refracting telescope in the world). There are also tennis courts, a bowling green and

in 1874 to observe the transit of Venus. One is an 8-inch (20 cm) refracting telescope by Troughton and Simms of London, and the other is a fully restored

to the eye or possible blindness. The glass objective lens in a refracting telescope never absorbs these wavelengths (since doing so would make it impossible

Vixen Vixen refracting telescope Headquarters Japan Website vixen.co.jp

Peter Birtwhistle in Great Shefford observed the comet using a 40-cm refracting telescope and CCD images, estimating an apparent magnitude of +20.1 and a diameter

image of the event. The observers attached a small six-centimeter refracting telescope to a 15.8 centimeter Fraunhofer heliometer, and Berkowski made an

The refracting telescope inside the dome

Naegamvala as having finally killed and buried it. The six-inch refracting telescope, from Lerebours and Secretan, of 1850, was remodelled and installed

working order today), and Harvard bought a fifteen-inch German-built refracting telescope, equal in size to the largest in the world at the time. The telescope

working order today), and Harvard bought a fifteen-inch German-built refracting telescope, equal in size to the largest in the world at the time. The telescope

Olmsted-designed grounds. The observatory, still home to the largest refracting telescope in the world, is widely considered a landmark of modern science.

mounting for the Dearborn Observatory, at the time, the largest refracting telescope ever built. By 1866, he became one of the founding members of the

astronomy, designed the observatory to house the world's largest refracting telescope. He also stocked the observatory with other scientific equipment

a light gathering power equivalent to a 400 mm f/0.4 lens, or a refracting telescope with an objective lens diameter of 990 mm (39 in). In March 2021

stock farm in Lake Forest, Illinois. McCormick donated funds for a refracting telescope to the University of Virginia. The telescope and building are known

at Tele Vue's New York location. Tele Vue once manufactured a 5" refracting telescope named the MPT, the Multi-Purpose Telescope. It had a fast f/4 ratio

was observed first by Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1889. By using the refracting telescope of the Pic du Midi Observatory, Dollfus was able in 1959 to clearly

were made with a spectrograph attached to the 13-inch Fitz-Clark refracting telescope at Allegheny Observatory. His observations with the Lick Crossley

refracting telescope with which he observed the transit of Venus in 1874 and in 1886 imported a 200 millimetres (7.9 in) Grubb refracting telescope and

Douglass established astronomical research programs using an 8-inch refracting telescope on loan from the Harvard College Observatory and actively began to

University Press. p. 763. "Utzschneider & Fraunhofer, Merz & Mahler Refracting Telescope (Comet Seeker)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-10-01. The

Sheldon Clark donated 1200 US dollars to Yale to procure a Dollond refracting telescope. Yale's first observatory, the Atheneum, was founded in 1830, situated

Despot's Tower in Kalemegdan. At the terrace of Observatory a Zeiss refracting telescope (110/200) is placed. The Society also got a planetarium ZKP-2 in

or near campus. Crane Observatory houses an 1898 Warner & Swasey refracting telescope. KTWU, a non-commercial, public television station authorized by

armies during the conflict. An interesting anecdote involved a large refracting telescope that was captured by the U.S. troops who thought it the barrel of

some meteorological instruments and also his own 11 feet (3.4 m) refracting telescope, and he modified the building to include a rotating cupola roof.

List of largest optical telescopes historically Craig telescope (refracting telescope of the 1850s) List of largest optical telescopes in the British Isles

discovered seven asteroids. As opticians, they constructed the 76-cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory, among others. While mapping the ecliptic during

stairs were built. George Skidmore then installed a large equatorial refracting telescope, which consisted of a lens, view finder, and a clockwork motor drive

development of the ejector seat by Martin-Baker The Grub ten-inch refracting telescope at the Armagh Observatory Headhunters Barber Shop & Railway Museum

Professor Whiting mentioned to Mrs. Whitin that there was a 12-inch refracting telescope still in use in the Olmstead Observatory "which had suddenly become

Rissik, Minister for Lands, permitted the purchase of a 26-inch refracting telescope from Sir Howard Grubb in 1909.: 19  With the formation of the Union

around the same period. Repsold telescope with an equatorial mount Refracting telescope with 11.7 cm aperture and 1.95 m focal length built in 1865 Geodesy

observatory's 'lantern' (cupola) included a P & J Dollond Achromatic Refracting Telescope, which could identify ships 30 miles (48 km) to sea. That telescope

William Doberck [sv] using the refracting telescope at Markree Observatory

Journal. October 1876. p. 20. "James Short's Reflecting Telescopes". "Refracting telescope on equatorial mounting, 1791;". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk

observatory building offers free 15-minute guided tours of the Great Lick refracting telescope.[citation needed] Much of the foothill slopes of Mount Hamilton is

distances of stars using photography with the Greenwich 26-inch diameter refracting telescope. He also measured temperatures of stars using a 36-inch diameter

stars Gamma Equulei and HD 149728, using 1958 and 1959 data from the refracting telescope. In 1960 a 300 mm (12") Cassegrain reflector (purchased in 1958)

Observatory – Jeremiah Horrocks Institute". "Dome e - the Thompson 26-inch refracting telescope". "Project DRAX in Detail | the Spaceguard Centre". "1970s, Keele

called a scope, is an optical sighting device that is based on a refracting telescope [citation needed]. It is equipped with some form of graphic image

With the inheritance of his passed uncle he decided to acquire a refracting telescope Steinheil of 120 mm. aperture and 1800 mm. focal length. Due to the

building with astronomical instruments, including a 9.6-inch achromatic refracting telescope, a 5.5-inch transit instrument, a 4-inch meridian circle, and a 5-inch

outdid any previous efforts. While at Dorpat he obtained in 1824 a refracting telescope with an aperture of 23 cm (about 9 inches) made by Joseph von Fraunhofer

His own exploration of outer space began with a tabletop 40 mm refracting telescope that his grandparents gave him as a birthday present. Upgrading to

Mueller Observatory opened in December 1960. It houses a 10½-inch refracting telescope built by the Warner & Swasey Co. of Cleveland in 1899. J.A. Brashear

1940 Edward P. Burrell The observatory houses a Warner & Swasey refracting telescope with a 133⁄8-inch objective, a 4-inch finder, and a 1-inch finder

Optischer Intrumente. "Utzschneider & Fraunhofer, Merz & Mahler Refracting Telescope (Comet Seeker)". National Museum of American History. "Utzschneider

construction in 1851. The observatory housed a 4¾-inch aperture refracting telescope on an equatorial mount. Llewelyn moved to London in 1879 and died

re-established his astronomical research programs using an 8-inch refracting telescope on loan from the Harvard College Observatory and actively began to

search for extraterrestrial life, a tour of the museums restored 15" refracting telescope, and sponsored a sleepover at the museum. 1997 May 2, 1997 (1997-05-02)

instruments at the time included: a 158mm aperture f/15 achromatic refracting telescope restored by Plössl a 94mm aperture meridian circle five small telescopes

Swasey Observatory, which opened in June 1910, houses a 9-inch refracting telescope as well as two 8-inch reflecting telescopes. The campus landscape

lighting. The planetarium is home to the Darling telescope, a 9-inch refracting telescope that belonged to John H. Darling. Completed in 2006, the building

Mineral Resources Daejeon Citizen's Observatory which houses a 10-inch refracting telescope and is the first citizen observatory in Korea Other arts spaces in

services.[citation needed] Newton Observatory houses a nine-inch refracting telescope and a computer-interfaced 10-inch Meade LX200 telescope with CCD

of a ... Neil English (28 September 2010). Choosing and Using a Refracting Telescope. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-1-4419-6403-8

telescope for Dearborn Observatory, which was one of the largest refracting telescope lenses in existence at the time, and the largest telescope in the

associated with surveying applied in 1993 by NZGB. Named from the refracting telescope as used in surveying; most commonly used as theodolites. 77°58′S

was made by Galileo Galilei on 7 January 1610 using a 20x-power, refracting telescope at the University of Padua. However, in that observation, Galileo

Galileo had observed Io and Europa together using a 20×-magnification refracting telescope at the University of Padua, but the low resolution could not separate

maps of Mars during its 1877 oppositions with Earth with an optical refracting telescope. He was also the first astronomer to determine the relationship between

and Edward P. Burrell. The observatory houses a Warner & Swasey refracting telescope with a 13 3/8 inch objective, a 4 – inch finder, and a 1-inch finder

chamber on the west side of the observation field and fitted a 16-cm refracting telescope left over from the Germans to observe sunspots; this accumulated

patent was submitted to the government in the Netherlands for a refracting telescope. The idea was picked up by, among others, Galileo who made his first

James Lind's 2-foot refracting telescope made by Jesse Ramsden with a lens by Peter Dollond and mounting by John Miller. Used by Lind to view the 1769

19th–20th-century optician, who described in Die Medial-Fernrohre a reflecting-refracting telescope with Mangin mirrors that eliminates chromatic aberrations while using

Tate also contains a historic observatory with a 10 and a half inch refracting telescope. Built to replace Pattee Hall as the home of the university's Law

built in Ottawa in 1905 by the federal government. It featured a refracting telescope and a reflecting solar telescope. This was followed in 1918 by the