Telescope, radio
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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
More Information
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
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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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