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- OBJECT TYPE
- REFRACTING/FINDER
- DATE
- 1960–1965
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0398.001
- MANUFACTURER
- U.S. Armed Forces
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal/ glass/ synthetic
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 6.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Observation equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defense US
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Possibly from the Dominion Observatory, unknown. - Function
-
Used as a 'finder' telescope for a larger telescope, the finder scope has a larger field of view & is used for the original pointing of the main telescope. - Technical
-
Has crosshairs. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate 'Edmund Scientific Co./ Barrington New Jersey'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/07/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - intact, but part of larger telescope
- Finish
- Grey 'wrinkle' finish/ black around eyepiece/ silver-coloured mfr's plate
- Decoration
- N/A
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U.S. Armed Forces, Telescope, between 1960–1965, Artifact no. 1966.0398, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0398.001/
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