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Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope

Made:
1968 in Yorkshire
maker:
Phil Shepherdson
Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope
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Reflecting telescope, 9-inch aperture with cradle, stand, and base. Home-made by Phil Shepherdson, England. Constructed using recycled materials (catering food cans, coat hangar wire, and carborundum-ground glass mirror) 1967-69 (see note field)

Details

Category:
Astronomy
Object Number:
2017-20
Materials:
glass and steel (metal)
type:
telescope - newtonian
copyright:
Shepherdson, Phil
credit:
Phil Shepherdson

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Phil Shepherdson’s Home-Made Nine-Inch Reflecting Telescope

Phil Shepherdson’s Home-Made Nine-Inch Reflecting Telescope

Main part of reflecting telescope, 9-inch aperture with cradle, stand, and base. Home-made by Phil Shepherdson, England. Constructed using recycled materials (catering food cans, coat hangar wire, and carborundum-ground glass mirror) 1967-69.

Measurements:
overall: 1700 mm x 1630 mm x 940 mm, 44 kg
Materials:
aluminium (metal) , steel (metal) , paint , wood composites , plastic (unidentified) and electronical component
Object Number:
2017-20/1
type:
telescope - newtonian
Mirror for Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope

Mirror for Phil Shepherdson’s home-made nine-inch reflecting telescope

Mirror cover for reflecting telescope, 9-inch aperture with cradle, stand, and base. Home-made by Phil Shepherdson, England. Constructed using recycled materials (catering food cans, coat hangar wire, and carborundum-ground glass mirror) 1967-69.

Materials:
glass and steel (metal)
Object Number:
2017-20/2
type:
telescope - newtonian
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