Observation by James Gage: Potsdam 40 inch refractor

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Observer

James Gage

Observed

2019 Oct 05 - 10:16

Uploaded

2019 Oct 09 - 10:27

Objects

Historical

Location

Potsdam, Berlin

Target name

Potsdam Refractor

Title

Potsdam 40 inch refractor

About this image

Last weekend's International Meteor Conference included a wonderful visit to see the observatories at Potsdam, Berlin. Now fully restored except for the lenses, this telescope was one of the central role figures in early spectroscopy. Names like Swarzchild, Hartmann, Einstein and others line the walls. I chose to photograph the telescope from an artistic point of view. I highly reccomend a visit!

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Comments

Richard Miles, 2021 Jun 15 - 09:00 UTC

James - Isn't this a double refractor with the larger photographic instrument measuring 31.5 inch aperture and the smaller one is 20 inch and is the one in the photo showing the eyepiece end?

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