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- OBJECT TYPE
- SOLAR PHOTOHELIOGRAPH/REFLECTOR
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0297.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL, ALUMINUM, BRASS & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 430.0 cm
- Width
- 200.0 cm
- Height
- 396.0 cm
- 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
- Manitoba
- City
- Winnipeg
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TELESCOPE WAS USED C. 1970- 1992.
- Canada
-
THIS TELESCOPE IS UNIQUE TO CANADA, AND THE WORLD. IT'S RETIREMENT IN 1992 SIGNIFIED THE END OF OPTICAL SOLAR PHYSICS RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS- AN AREA OF STUDY CONCENTRATED IN OTTAWA SINCE 1905. - Function
-
DESIGNED TO TRACK & PHOTOGRAPH THE SUN, IN STILL & MOVING PICTURE FORMATS. ALSO USED TO SAFELY VIEW THE SUN. - Technical
-
THIS TELESCOPE, THOUGH BASED ON AN EARLIER DESIGN (LOCKHEED SOLAR OBSERVATORY'S TELESCOPE ), WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED & DEVELOPED BY NRC STAFF, AND MANY OF THE SUB-COMPONENTS WERE CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE. IT WAS DESIGNED FOR RAPID PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING OF SOLAR IMAGES/ACTIVITY, AND HIGH RESOLUTION CINEMATOGRAPHY OF SOLAR SURFACE FEATURES, TO STUDY CAUSES & EFFECTS OF SOLAR ACTIVITY ON EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Blue plate fixed to either side of base reads " [logo]/ Westinghouse/ Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited ". On one side of base are fixed 2 decals: (red decal) " HERZBERG INSTITUTE/ OF ASTROPHYSICS/ HIA 00042/ ASTRONOMY SECTION "; (white decal) " Property of/ Propriete du/ NRCC/CNRC/ 064322 ".
- Missing
- THIS TELESCOPE IS SAID TO BE COMPLETE & OPERATIONAL, WITH MINIMUM OF PREPARATION.
- Finish
- TELESCOPE EXTERIOR HAS BEEN PAINTED WHITE (TO MINIMIZE EFFECT OF SUNLIGHT/HEAT ON COMPONENTS.)
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council, Telescope, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1993.0297, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1993.0297.001/
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