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Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Object: pathological set of twelve telescope "double achromatic" object glasses

Flight Spare Proton Alpha Telescope for ESRO 2 Satellite, 1968

1966-1968

Pocket Gregorian Telescope

Eyepiece from a transit telescope

1800-1850

Franks Telescope

1815-1825

Davon Microtelescope

1905-1915

Joint European X-Ray Telescope (JET-X) and Cradle, British 1989.

1989

Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'

1725-1735

Polyoptic telescope

Large prism binocular telescope by Carl Zeiss

1904-1905

Eyepiece from telescope

1850-1924

Telescope with green body

Telescope Accessories

1855-1865

Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT)

1985

AT-1 telescope, used by citizens in the Soviet Union to track artificial satellites

1957-1958

Transit Telescope, 2-inch, brass, in fitted mahogany case, by Troughton & Simms, London, c1850, reputedly used at the London & North Western Railway's Crewe Works for aligning locomotive cylinders and frames.

Transit telescope by troughton & simms

1850

Gregorian reflecting telescope of 4 3/8-inch aperture, by James Short, London, 1763-1765.

Gregorian reflecting telescope of 4 3/8-inch aperture

Binocular telescope by C.W. Dixey in leather case. Non-prismatic plaque with the engraving "From HRH The Prince of Wales KG-GCSJ India 1875-76" on one tube. (Wellcome B851)

Binocular telescope by C.W. Dixey in leather case

Model of the 'Characterising Exoplanet Satellite' or CHEOPS spacecraft, scale 1:1, made by ESA/Hupkens Industrial Models, 2022.

Exoplanet Satellite Telescope 'CHEOPS'

2022

Finder 10 3/8” by 7/8”, for refracting telescope by Thomas Jones, 1815-1850.

Finder for Refracting Telescope by Thos Jones

1815-1850

Elbow telescope by Cooke, Troughton & Simms, magnification x 8

Elbow telescope by Cooke

Forward/oblique Telescope, 30 degree

Forward/oblique Telescope

Adjustable skeleton telescope: consisting of optical bench and two sliding mounts with two 38mm diam. lenses - 1 convex 12 dioptres, 1 convex 2 dioptres. Constructed Nov.1932 for special optical exhibition

Adjustable skeleton telescope

Ultra-violet telescope experiment (S2/68) for ESRO's TD1A satellite-engineering model with wavelength selection optics and handling trolley, box for experiment, 1970-1972.

Ultra-violet telescope experiment (S2/68) for ESRO's TD1A satellite-engineering model

Sir Patrick Moore's first surviving large telescope, nicknamed 'Oscar'. 12 1/2 inch reflecting telescope by H.N. Irving and Son, Teddington, London. Mirror by Wildey, London. Tripod not original. Bought c. 1948 and used at East Grinstead, Armagh and Surrey. Used for lunar observations, including those used by Moore to map libration zones. Acquired alongside the Archive of Sir Patrick Moore.

'Oscar', Sir Patrick Moore's first surviving large telescope

circa 1948

Brass telescope (Part of Branly collection? A182854, B3809)

Brass telescope

Tube with two powers for refracting telescope by Thomas Jones, 1815-1850.

Tube with Two Powers for Refracting Telescope by Thos Jones

1815-1850