Collection of photographs relating to Dr Fred Jenkins
- PART OF:
- Professional Photographs
- Made:
- 1995
- part of archive:
- Archive of Sir Patrick Moore
"Dr. Fred Jenkins was a prominent member of the Swansea Astronomical Society. He constructed the 20"" Shafer-Maksutov telescope (the largest in Wales), which was installed by the society in their Marina Towers observatory.
The photographs are captioned as follows:
1/ Dr Fred Jenkins built the telescope in his garage
2/ Fred and Society members installing the Fork in the Observatory
3/ The Fred Jenkins 20"" Shafer-Maksutov in situ
4/ The Marina Towers Observatory
5/ The Penllergaer Observatory with its unusual 'Top Hat' rotating 'dome', Sept 1995
Originally in an envelope labelled: 'University College of Swansea'"
Details
- Extent:
-
100
150
- Identifier:
- MOOR/E/2/1/02
- Access:
- Open Access
- copyright: