Telescope, Astronomical
Description
A telescope with a pillar and claw mounting, a 68mm objective lens, and a focal length of approximately 960mm. It has a rack and pinion focusing mechanism with no finder. The eyepieces are missing.
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Classification
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This
telescope
was
the
private
telescope
of
Francis
Morshead.
Mr
Morshead
was
a
foundation
member
of
the
New
Plymouth
Astronomical
Society
and
the
director
of
the
New
Plymouth
observatory
from
1925-1958.He
was
thrilled
to
discover
what
he
thought
was
a
previously
unknown
comet
in
1923.
Unfortunately
a
Russian
astronomer
had
spotted
the
same
comet
and
named
it
just
weeks
before.
Accession number
A81.851
Collection type
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