Refracting telescope of aperture 18cm

Made:: 1960-1980 in Luton

maker:: Horace Edward Dall

Refracting telescope of aperture 18cm, "Comet Seeker and Richest Field Telescope", by Horace E. Dall, with 3-element f/4.5 object glass, altazimuth mounting, three eyepieces and erecting prism

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1988-269

type:: telescope - refracting

credit:: Ransom, I.

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Refracting telescope of aperture 18cm

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