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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0228.004

MANUFACTURER: QUESTAR CORP.
MODEL: QUESTAR
LOCATION: New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 15
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM TELESCOPE & PARTS/ GLASS LENSES & MIRRORS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ LEATHER CARRYING CASE WITH FABRIC LINING/ SYNTHETIC LUGGAGE COVER

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group: Astronomy
Category: Observation equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: QUESTAR
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: New Hope

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CA 1960 TO PRESENT
Canada: AN AMERICAN MADE TELESCOPE USED BY THE DOMINION OBSERVATORY IN OTTAWA, & LATER BY NMST AS PART OF ITS ASTRONOMICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME.
Function: Unknown
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1954, THE QUESTAR WAS A SMALL TABLETOP OR PORTABLE TELESCOPE WITH MAKSUTOV CASSEGRAIN CATADIOPTRIC OPTICS. IT WAS MARKETED FOR USE BY ASTRONOMERS, NATURALISTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ETC. IN ADDITION TO THIS 3.5 INCH APERTURE MODEL, THERE WAS ALSO THE QUESTAR SEVEN, WITH A 7 INCH APERTURE (REF. 2).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE PAINTED STAR CHART ON BARREL, BLUE & YELLOW STAR CHART ON DEWCAP.
Missing: none apparent
Finish: BLUE SYNTHETIC COVERED BARREL & DEWCAP
Decoration: N/A

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QUESTAR CORP., Dewcap, before 1960, Artifact no. 1966.0228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0228.004/

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