General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL, SYNTHETIC & GLASS CONSTRUCTION..1 CW WOODEN BOX.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

25.0 cm

Width

20.5 cm

Height

25.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Astronomy

Category

Observation equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

UNITRON

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Newton Highlands

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Alberta

Period

THIS TELESCOPE PRESUMABLY USED C. 1970S- C. 1992.

Canada

MEANOOK GEOMAGNETIC OBSERVATORY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1916, AND THE SITE EXPANDED TOINCLUDE METEOR OBSERVATION IN THE LATE 1940S-EARLY 1950S. TOGETHER WITH NEWBROOK OBSERVATORY (APPROX. 26 MILES DISTANT), MEANOOK BEGAN OPERATIONS IN 1952, STUDING THE REDUCTION OF METEOR SPECTRA. OF ONLY 318 PHOTOGRAPHS OF METEOR SPECTRA, PRODUCED BETWEEN 1897-1958, 21% WERE SUPPLIED BY CANADA'S NEWBROOK & MEANOOK OBSERVATORIES.

Function

USED TO DIRECTLY VIEW DISTANT OBJECTS. PRESUMABLY, THIS TELESCOPE USED TO DETERMINE RADIANT POSITIONS OF MAJOR & MINOR METEOR SHOWERS, AND TO STUDY METEORS MUCH FAINTER THAN THOSE SEEN IN VISUAL (UN-AIDED) OBSERVATIONS.

Technical

6X- 50MM REFRACTOR TELESCOPE, FITTED WITH DIAGONAL EYEPIECE; VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL CIRCLES; QUICK RELEASE CLAMP & TABLE TOP TRIPOD. THIS TYPE OF TELESCOPE USED FOR SPOTTING, AS OPPOSED TO EXTENSIVE OBSERVATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 "UNITRON" incised in white on barrel housing; "6X-50mm" incised in white on mirror housing of diagonal eyepiece. Vertical setting circle divided 0-90-0-90 at 2-minute intervals. Horizontal setting circle divided twice: 1-36 on inner range (red numbers), 0-35 on outer (black numbers)- at intervals of.20, or 12 seconds. Black dymo tape labels on top of diagonal eyepiece read " MEANOOK METEOR/ OBSERVATORY "./.2 Black dymo tape labels on tripod read " MEANOOK METEOR/ OBSERVATORY"; second series of labels on underside of tripod read " BASE OF/ UNITRON SATELLITE/ TELESCOPE 6X- 50 mm."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE.

Finish

.1 SMOOTH, WHITE TELESCOPE TUBE; BLACK OBJECTIVE & ELBOW EYEPIECE MOUNTINGS; BRUSHED SILVER METAL HORIZONTAL & VERTICAL ADJUSTMENT DIALS; SMOOTH, BRIGHT CENTRAL SUPPORT/.2 STAND HAS FLAT BLACK BASE & TUBE LEVEL CASINGS; SILVER METAL ADJUSTMENT KNOBS ON FEET.

Decoration

N/A