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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
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
Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT)

Spacelab 2 X-ray telescope (XRT)

1985
Franks Telescope

Franks Telescope

1815-1825
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
Telescope Accessories

Telescope Accessories

1855-1865
Pocket Gregorian Telescope

Pocket Gregorian Telescope

Polyoptic telescope

Polyoptic 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
Flight Spare Proton Alpha Telescope for ESRO 2 Satellite, 1968

Flight Spare Proton Alpha Telescope for ESRO 2 Satellite, 1968

1966-1968
Eyepiece from telescope

Eyepiece from telescope

1850-1924
Large prism binocular telescope by Carl Zeiss

Large prism binocular telescope by Carl Zeiss

1904-1905
Eyepiece from a transit telescope

Eyepiece from a transit telescope

1800-1850
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

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
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

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

Brass telescope, Branly collection no. 104

Experimental electrical component from Branly collection

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

Tube with Two Powers for Refracting Telescope by Thos Jones

1815-1850
Dilapidated telescope outer covering. Note with it:- G212810 (No card) (Assumed prefix is G but could be a symbol). (AW)

Telescope tube

Red telescope case with unidentified signature on exposed wooden part.

Telescope case

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

Forward/oblique Telescope, 30 degree

Forward/oblique 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