Rear view of the 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, looking down into the telescope pit, showing the mirror cell and arrangement of counterweights. Counterweight and polar axis partially visible. South pier and partial view of RA circles visible. Lower part of the dome roof visible. Near the top of the frame the J.W. Fecker nameplate can be seen indistinctly. Two arrangements of rods and bevel gears can be seen on the right of the telescope tube, connecting to the mirror cell. This may be the early adaptive optics system devised to reshape the mirror. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 24cm, width 31cm. Condition of original material: Slight damage (blemished). Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N/a. Original institution reference: PB13_P0524.
Rear view of the 60-inch Rockefeller telescope
Item details
Creation date:
1891-1994
Content type:
Photograph
Originals information:
The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Reference:
EAP1190/1/6/9/5
Level:
Item
Extent:
1
Digitisation date:
2019
Legal:
This item is part of
- Project EAP1190:
- Collection EAP1190/1:
- Collection EAP1190/1/6:
- File EAP1190/1/6/9:
- Item EAP1190/1/6/9/5:
