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Carl Zeiss Jena 60 mm telescope

£4800
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Carl Zeiss Jena 60 mm telescope

£4800

Carl Zeiss Jena 60 mm telescope in case, circa 1920. 

With original transit case, with tripod, extension rod, objective sunshade, erecting prism, and other accessories.

Serial number: 9120.

Focal length 85 cm.

60 mm E-Objective f = 85 cm (Objective Serial number: 11273). 

7 oculars, including: Kellner f = 40 mm 21 X, Huygens f = 18 mm 47 X, Orthoscopic "Orthoskop" f = 9 mm 94 X.

Case dimensions: 102 x 28 x 19.5 cm. (With retailer's label: W.G. WHITING 6, Market Street, Under Royal Exchange, MANCHESTER).

 

Illustrated in:

Carl Zeiss Jena, Astronomische Instrumente astro 30, page 13.

Zeiss Telescopes ASTRO 94 e H. XI. 34, pages 14 & 15.

 

For a comparable model of this telescope see: The Robert B Ariail collection of Historical Astronomy, South Carolina State Museum.