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Dec 20, 2011 the cover of the great melbourne telescope by richard gillespie. If youve ever looked up at the heavens and wondered whats out there, youre not alone, and every day, thousands of amateur astronomers grab their telescope and aim it towards the open sky. Great melbourne telescope to its former glory in its original telescope house on its original site. Whether you are a serious astronomer, or have recently adopted an astronomy hobby, we have the tools you need. This instrument was referred to as the great melbourne telescope. A team of enthusiastic volunteers, supported by museums victoria, have been actively working since 2008 to restore the iconic great melbourne telescope for a return to its original location at the melbourne observatory adjacent to the royal botanic gardens. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The great melbourne telescope project information fact sheet this fact sheet is one of a series providing information on the gmt historical background, technical details of the instrument and the efforts to reconstruct this magnificent telescope for use by the public. The great melbourne telescope from dymocks online bookstore. Get started in astronomy with us by getting the right advice and the right telescope for you, and do join us for free lessons every month to get the most out of your telescope. Relocated to canberra in 1944, it was heavily modified for modern astronomy.
The makers plate on the main axis of the great melbourne telescope before the fire at mt stromlo, image nick lomb. Bid to bring great melbourne telescope back to life running. Ozscopes is an australian based company in melbourne, victoria on a mission to help you find the telescope, binoculars and optical instruments that youre looking to buy. Observatories such as the hubble space telescope have revolutionized humanitys view of the cosmos. You will be sent a message with your tracking number once package is. Mr gillespie details the story of the telescope in his book, the great melbourne telescope, published last year. The great melbourne telescope on abc australia wide on february 2, 2017 june 30, 2017 by gmt abc cameraman michael barnett has been checking in every now and then on our restoration progress since the project began in 2008. Working closely with museum victoria and royal botanic gardens the aim is to restore the telescope to working order so that it may be used for educational and public viewing.
Erected at melbourne observatory in 1869, the telescope was the second largest in the world, designed to explore the nature of the nebulae in the southern skies. Find the perfect telescope, sport optic, microscope or accessory with the help of a celestron dealer. Its design and construction was overseen by leading british astronomers. Restoring and repainting classic telescopes classic. The great melbourne telescope is being painstakingly restored by volunteers and staff at museums victoria after it was damaged by bushfires. In november 1868 the ship the empress of the seas arrived in melbourne carrying the disassembled parts of what was to be the largest. You can help restore the great melbourne telescope american.
The great melbourne telescope by richard gillespie. The telescope is now being restored to its original 1869 condition, as a fully functional observational telescope. In the 1870s it was one of the largest steerable telescopes in the world and took some of the best photos of the moon that had ever been taken. Nov 25, 2016 an ambitious restoration project to revive the historic great melbourne telescope gmt in time for its 150th anniversary is running out of time and money. Shop for telescope shops melbourne at melbourne online.
In 1945 that observatory closed and the telescope was sold and moved to the mount stromlo observatory near canberra. Like all of the sections of the asv, membership of the gmt section is open to all members of the asv and is free. Great melbourne telescope, as it was soon known, was built in dublin in 186768 and shipped to our shores after testing. One of the hardest things to do when restoring a classic telescope is selecting a color to repaint the tube and trim. But what do most of us know about telescopes themselvestheir history, how they work, what they are being used for today, or what the next generation of billiondollar telescopes will look like. The great melbourne telescope being installed in 1869 after it was shipped in pieces from the works of howard grubb, dublin. When the melbourne observatory closed in 1944, the telescope was sold to the australian governments mount stromlo observatory near. Some time ago while i was helping edmund scientific arrange 3 of their giant warehouses of optics at the barrington, new jersey retail store, i came across two other astroscan prototypes which never seen the market, catalog or any place except for edmunds.
Please note that these directions are for australian users only. After relocation to canberra in 1945, it was modified and upgraded three times for modern astronomy. Great melbourne telescope project the goal of the great melbourne telescope project is to restore the telescope to working order so that it may be used for educational and public viewing. Museums victoria is keen to hear from aas members interested in assisting with the restoration of the great melbourne telescope while on. It was a reflecting telescope with a speculum metal mirror of 48 inches 1. The great melbourne telescope was an icon of marvellous melbourne.
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