12.25-inch telescope,Royal Observatory,Edinburgh,Scotland. This reflector telescope is on an equatorial mount. It was donated in 1888 by Lord Lindsay (James Ludovic Lindsay,1847-1913) from his Dun Echt observatory for the new Edinburgh observatory on Blackford Hill (opened 1896). This telescope was made by British instrument maker John Browning (c.1831-1925),with his name and address (111 Minories,London) given on the base. Artwork from 'A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy' (1890,4th edition,volume II) by British author George Frederick Chambers (1841–1915) | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Astronomical Society |
Bildgröße: | 3503 px × 5042 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |