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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0228.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 80-160X;Questar
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS LENSES & MIRRORS

Dimensions

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Width: N/A
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Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Astronomy
Category: Observation equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CA 1960 TO PRESENT
Canada: AN AMERICAN MADE TELESCOPE USED BY THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY IN OTTAWA, & LATER BY NMST AS PART OF ITS ASTRONOMICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME.
Function: Unknown
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1954, THE QUESTAR WAS A SMALL TABLETOP OR PORTABLE TELESCOPE WITH MAKSUTOV CASSEGRAIN CATADIOPTRIC OPTICS. IT WAS MARKETED FOR USE BY ASTRONOMERS, NATURALISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ETC. IN ADDITION TO THIS 3.5 INCH APERTURE MODEL, THERE WAS ALSO THE QUESTAR SEVEN, WITH A 7 INCH APERTURE (REF. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on eye piece reads "80-160X", incized on side "LENS MADE IN JAPAN".
Missing: none apparent
Finish: Black Bakelite eyepiece housing with glass lens. White print around the edge.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Eyepiece, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.0228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0228.002/

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