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2.2019326 Vixen “Replica of Isaac Newton's original reflector telescope”

On 09 Mar, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....

catalogue number: 2.2019326;
name of artifact: “Replica of Isaac Newton's original reflector telescope” (wording of the manufacturer);
date of production: ca. 2018/2019?;
materials of manufacture: optical glass, modern coatings, blackened metal, some plastic, with a faux-wood finish on part of the OTA, copper-alloy name plate on the top of the base, two eyepieces (“Plössl” design?);
maker: Vixen Optics, Saitama, Japan;

1.201931 Huson Star Globe

On 09 Mar, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....

catalogue number: 1.201931;
name of artifact: Huson Star Globe;
date of production: 1975;
materials of manufacture: lacquered printed paper gores on papier mâché and wood support, copper alloy, and hardwood box;
maker: H. Hughes & Son Ltd., London;
provenance:

Messier

On 07 Mar, 2020 By blair.s@shaw.ca

The Sky This Month - March 2020

On 01 Mar, 2020 By garyboyle@xplor...

The Ultimate Challenge

Standing under a dark country sky on a moonless night, our eyes drink in a couple of thousand stars as well as visible planets. This alone is a wonder but once we use the magnification of a telescope, fainter objects now reveal their subtle detail. Amateur astronomers not only use their telescopes to magnify what the unaided eye sees but hunt down the elusive galaxies, star clusters and nebulae.