Mounted photographic print, X23 of the Oxford Observatory astrograph telescope

Made:
1901 in Oxford

Mounted photographic print [X23] of the Oxford Observatory astrograph telescope taken by C.C. Roberts-Keble in 1901. A 12 1/4-inch refractor mounted with a similar sized photographic telescope by Howard Grubb, Dublin. Used for the Carte du Ciel photographic sky survey iniated in 1884.

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
1999-923
Materials:
paper, card and complete
Measurements:
overall: 1 x 247 x 199 mm
type:
photograph and telescope - refracting
credit:
University Observatory, Oxford