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Telescope by Christopher Cock

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673
Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773
Exoplanet Satellite Telescope 'CHEOPS'

Exoplanet Satellite Telescope 'CHEOPS'

2022
Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT)

Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT)

1985
Franks Telescope

Franks Telescope

1815-1825
AT-1 telescope, used by citizens in the Soviet Union to track artificial satellites

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

1957-1958
Joint European X-Ray Telescope (JET-X) and Cradle, British 1989.

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

1989
Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'

Polemoscope or 'Jealousy Glass'

1725-1735
Polyoptic telescope

Polyoptic telescope

Telescope Accessories

Telescope Accessories

1855-1865
Pocket Gregorian Telescope

Pocket Gregorian Telescope

Telescope with green body

Telescope with green body

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

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

Davon Microtelescope

Davon Microtelescope

1905-1915
Eyepiece from telescope

Eyepiece from telescope

1850-1924
Eyepiece from a transit telescope

Eyepiece from a transit telescope

1800-1850
Flight Spare Proton Alpha Telescope for ESRO 2 Satellite, 1968

Flight Spare Proton Alpha Telescope for ESRO 2 Satellite, 1968

1966-1968
Large prism binocular telescope by Carl Zeiss

Large prism binocular telescope by Carl Zeiss

1904-1905
Telescope for brass framed quintant

Telescope for brass framed quintant

Gregorian reflecting telescope made by John Hadley

Gregorian reflecting telescope made by John Hadley

Sighting telescope for prismatic astrolabe, French, 1895-1905

Sighting telescope for prismatic astrolabe, French, 1895-1905

1895-1905
Draw Telescope

Draw Telescope

Wooden and brass telescope with key.

Wooden and brass telescope with key.

1835-1845
Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT) detector

Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT) detector

Cooke Reversible Transit Circle Telescope

Cooke Reversible Transit Circle Telescope

1925-1933
Main part of Cassegrain reflecting telescope

Main part of Cassegrain reflecting telescope

Free standing telescope on mahogany stand

Free standing telescope on mahogany stand

1910
Telescope used with Faraday's magnet

Telescope used with Faraday's magnet

1935-1946
Telescope used with Faraday's magnet

Telescope used with Faraday's magnet

1935-1946
Refracting Telescope by Thomas Jones, 1815-1850; component

Refracting Telescope by Thomas Jones, 1815-1850; component

1815-1850
Draw Telescope

Draw Telescope

Cooke Reversible Transit Circle Collimating Telescopes

Cooke Reversible Transit Circle Collimating Telescopes

1925-1933
Gregorian reflecting telescope of 4 3/8-inch aperture, by James Short, London, 1763-1765.

Gregorian reflecting telescope of 4 3/8-inch aperture

4 Brass telescope eye pieces

Four brass telescope eye pieces

1790-1819
1 Zinc telescope, with brass eyepiece

Zinc telescope, with brass eyepiece

1790-1819
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
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
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

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

Tube with Two Powers for Refracting Telescope by Thos Jones

1815-1850
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

Dilapidated telescope outer covering. Note with it:- G212810 (No card) (Assumed prefix is G but could be a symbol). (AW)

Telescope tube

3-inch refracting telescope, unsigned.

3-inch refracting telescope

Black telescope, from Millikan oil drop apparatus by Griffin and George Ltd. (the plastic draught shield is broken)

Millikan oil drop apparatus by Griffin and George

1966-1983
Refracting telescope of 4½-inch aperture and 5 ft focal length, by Smith Beck & Beck, London, 1863. A Royal Society instrument used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations as part of a mapping project of the Moon organised by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Refracting telescope, used by William Radcliff Birt for lunar observations

1863
Brass telescope, Branly collection no. 104

Experimental electrical component from Branly collection

1 sighting telescope 10” long

One sighting telescope

1790-1819
Refracting Telescope by Thomas Jones, 1815-1850

Refracting Telescope by Thomas Jones, 1815-1850

1815-1850
Brass telescope, Branly collection no. 104

Experimental electrical component from Branly collection