16.2019117 4.25-inch “Deluxe Space Conquerer [sic]” (Palomar Type)

On 01 Apr, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
  1. catalogue number: 16.2019117;
  2. name of artifact: 4.25-inch “Deluxe Space Conquerer [sic]” (Palomar Type), f/10;
  3. date of production: 1950s-early 1960s;
  4. materials of manufacture: optical glass, coatings, steel, copper alloy, plastic, enamel;
  5. maker: Edmund Scientific, Barrington NJ;
  6. provenance:
    1. RASC Montreal Centre;
    2. Geoff Gaherty, Foxmead Observatory, Coldwater ON;
    3. gift of Blake Nancarrow, Bradford ON;
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Explore the Moon

On 01 Apr, 2020 By blair.s@shaw.ca
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15.2019111 Solar-System Planetarium (non-geared)

On 01 Apr, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
  1. catalogue number: 15.2019111;
  2. name of artifact: Solar-system planetarium (non-geared);
  3. date of production: 2008;
  4. materials of manufacture: copper alloy, steel, paint, wood;
  5. maker: Réal Manseau, Drummondville QC (has label which reads “ATELIER/Réal Manseau/Drummondville”);
  6. provenance: purchased from Réal Manseau;
  7. condition: excellent condition;
  8. notes:
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    14.2019111 reproduction of Champlain’s astrolabe

    On 01 Apr, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
    • catalogue number: 14.2019111;
    • name of artifact: reproduction of Champlain’s astrolabe;
    • date of production: 2004;
    • materials of manufacture: Copper-alloy, and stained wood;
    • maker: Réal Manseau, “Atelier du Sagittaire”, Drummondville QC;
    • provenance: purchased from Réal Manseau;
    • condition: excellent condition;
    • comparanda: original: Gatineau, Canadian Museum of History, CMC 989.56.1, 1603;
    • literature:
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      13.2019820 Manseau reproduction of Galileo’s telescopes & their 17th-century display stand

      On 01 Apr, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
      1. catalogue number: 13.2019820;
      2. name of artifact: Manseau reproduction of Galileo’s telescopes & their 17th-century display stand, now at the Museo Galileo, Florence;
      3. date of production: 2009;
      4. materials of manufacture: Optical glass, wood, textile, “Carrara” marble, paint;
      5. maker: Réal Manseau, Drummondville QC;
      6. provenance: purchased from Réal Manseau;
      7. condition: excellent condition;
      8. notes:
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        12.2019820 Manseau "premier télescope Newton"

        On 31 Mar, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
        1. catalogue number: 12.2019820;
        2. name of artifact: reproduction of the reflector by Isaac Newton & John Wickens 1671-1672 (aka “Isaac Newton’s third telescope”), now in the collections of the Royal Society;
        3. date of production: 1987;
        4. materials of manufacture: optical glass, copper alloy, iron, steel, wood, paint;
        5. maker: Réal & Lorenzo Manseau, Drummondville, QC (signed in the wood base; also bears a latter label: “ATELIER DU SAGITTAIRE ENG/Réal Manseau/Drummondville 2011”);
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        Online Activities

        On 31 Mar, 2020 By walter.macdonal...
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        How to Use the Observer's Handbook Session 7

        On 31 Mar, 2020 By jenna.m.hinds@g...
        Event Date: 
        Monday, May 25, 2020 - 3:30pm to 4:00pm

        After a break for the long weekend, we will be picking back up with a look at Stars and the Deep Sky.

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        11.20191212 7x50 Southern Pacific Instruments (SPI) Satellite Telescope

        On 31 Mar, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
        1. catalogue number: 11.20191212;
        2. name of artifact: 7x50 Southern Pacific Instruments (SPI) Satellite Telescope;
        3. date of production: 1960s;
        4. materials of manufacture: optical glass, copper-alloy(?), steel, plastic(?);
        5. maker: made in Japan for SPI;
        6. provenance:
          1. Dave Trott;
          2. purchased on Astromart from Dave Trott by the DTM founder;
        7. condition: Good;
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        10.2019824 7x50 Gun Sighting Telescope

        On 30 Mar, 2020 By rosenfel@chass....
        1. catalogue number: 10.2019824;
        2. name of artifact: 7x50 Gun Sighting Telescope;
        3. date of production: ca. 1939-1945;
        4. materials of manufacture: copper-alloy, steel(?), black rubber, and glass, the metal parts finished with black-crinkle enamel, and other blackening agents, in a fitted pine box painted silver grey;
        5. maker: Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Kodak Heights in Toronto (at Eglinton Ave. and Weston Road), also known as the Kodak Mount Dennis Campus;
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