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OBJECT TYPE
10.7 CM
DATE
1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1986.0015.001
MANUFACTURER
National Research Council Canada
MODEL
GOTH HILL OBSERVATORY
LOCATION
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
11
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
WOOD BASE/ COPPER DISH/ WOOD, METAL, RUBBER AND PLASTIC COMPONENT PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
2.2 m
Width
2.1 m
Height
2.6 m
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Astronomy
Category
Observation equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
NRC
Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
City
Ottawa

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
C 1946-1961
Canada
FIRST PARABOLIC DISH RADIO TELESCOPE DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR USE AT THE GOTH HILL OBSERVATORY, GLOUCESTER, ON. BY THE RADIO & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIV. OF NRC.
Function
USED TO COLLECT SOLAR RADIO WAVES AT A WAVELENGTH OF 10.7 CM.. RADIO TELESCOPES COLLECT NATURALLY EMMITTED RADIO WAVES WHICH ARE RECORDED IN GRAPHIC FORM AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON INTENSITY OF SOURCES AND, BY EXTENSION, THE DENSITY OF MATTER AND DISTANCE.
Technical
Unknown
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
see supp info for copy of commemorative plaque
Missing
SOME MINOR COMPONENT PARTS MAY BE MISSING From CA of 12/31/2001 by David Daley: Undetermined - unknown
Finish
PAINTED GREY
Decoration
N/A

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National Research Council Canada, Telescope, radio, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1986.0015, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0015.001/

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