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Telescope Eyepiece from Great Rosse Telescope, 1845-1850
- maker:
- William Parsons
![Original eyepiece (power about X280) from the Great Rosse](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/320/578/medium_smg00031869.jpg)
Original eyepiece (power about X280) from the Great Rosse Telescope, the 'Leviathan of Parsonstown' built by the Third Earl of Rosse at Birr in Ireland, 1844/45.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1914-853
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: x 300 mm x , 128 mm, 2.01kg
- type:
- components, eyepieces and astronomical instruments
- credit:
- Lord Rosse (5th Earl)