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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0228.008

MANUFACTURER: QUESTAR CORP.
MODEL: QUESTAR
LOCATION: New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal and synthetic

Dimensions

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Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: QUESTAR
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: New Hope

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: None apparent
Missing: none apparent
Finish: Metal screw with synthetic washer.
Decoration: N/A

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QUESTAR CORP., Screw, before 1960, Artifact no. 1966.0228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0228.008/

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