Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS CONSTRUCTION..1 CW WOODEN BOX.

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

25,0 cm

Largeur

20,5 cm

Hauteur

25,8 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Astronomie

Catégorie

Équipement d'observation

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

UNITRON

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Massachusetts

Ville

Newton Highlands

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Alberta

Période

THIS TELESCOPE PRESUMABLY USED C. 1970S- C. 1992.

Canada

MEANOOK GEOMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1916, AND THE SITE EXPANDED TOINCLUDE METEOR OBSERVATION IN THE LATE 1940S-EARLY 1950S. TOGETHER WITH NEWBROOK OBSERVATORY (APPROX. 26 MILES DISTANT), MEANOOK BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1952, STUDING THE REDUCTION OF METEOR SPECTRA. OF ONLY 318 PHOTOGRAPHS OF METEOR SPECTRA, PRODUCED BETWEEN 1897-1958, 21% WERE SUPPLIED BY CANADA'S NEWBROOK & MEANOOK OBSERVATORIES.

Fonction

USED TO DIRECTLY VIEW DISTANT OBJECTS. PRESUMABLY, THIS TELESCOPE USED TO DETERMINE RADIANT POSITIONS OF MAJOR & MINOR METEOR SHOWERS, AND TO STUDY METEORS MUCH FAINTER THAN THOSE SEEN IN VISUAL (UN-AIDED) OBSERVATIONS.

Technique

6X- 50MM REFRACTOR TELESCOPE, FITTED WITH DIAGONAL EYEPIECE; VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL CIRCLES; QUICK RELEASE CLAMP & TABLE TOP TRIPOD. THIS TYPE OF TELESCOPE USED FOR SPOTTING, AS OPPOSED TO EXTENSIVE OBSERVATION.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

.1 "UNITRON" incised in white on barrel housing; "6X-50mm" incised in white on mirror housing of diagonal eyepiece. Vertical setting circle divided 0-90-0-90 at 2-minute intervals. Horizontal setting circle divided twice: 1-36 on inner range (red numbers), 0-35 on outer (black numbers)- at intervals of.20, or 12 seconds. Black dymo tape labels on top of diagonal eyepiece read " MEANOOK METEOR/ OBSERVATORY "./.2 Black dymo tape labels on tripod read " MEANOOK METEOR/ OBSERVATORY"; second series of labels on underside of tripod read " BASE OF/ UNITRON SATELLITE/ TELESCOPE 6X- 50 mm."

Manque

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Fini

.1 SMOOTH, WHITE TELESCOPE TUBE; BLACK OBJECTIVE & ELBOW EYEPIECE MOUNTINGS; BRUSHED SILVER METAL HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT DIALS; SMOOTH, BRIGHT CENTRAL SUPPORT/.2 STAND HAS FLAT BLACK BASE & TUBE LEVEL CASINGS; SILVER METAL ADJUSTMENT KNOBS ON FEET.

Décoration

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