Observation by James Dawson: Nottingham Astronomical Society's T...

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Observer

James Dawson

Observed

2016 Aug 06 - 15:17

Uploaded

2017 Mar 30 - 13:02

Objects

Observatory
Equipment

Location

Nottingham

Target name

Nottingham Astronomical Society's Telescope

Title

Nottingham Astronomical Society's Telescope

About this image

The Society has a 24 inch (610mm) diameter reflecting telescope, focal length 96 inch (2438mm) f/4, on a bespoke equatorial mount with fork design. Construction of the observatory began in 1981. The observatory is twenty feet in diameter and the domed roof has a retractable slit. The original dome started out life as the uppermost unit of an agricultural silo.

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