FO: 2.5m Telescope Instrument, Coudé [Isaac Newton Telescope], 1976 - 1986
Scope and Contents
A set of 401 drawings of the Coudé spectrograph of the 2.5m telescope (Isaac Newton Telescope or 'INT'). The drawings were originally in four rolls labelled 'FO 2.5m Tel. Instru. Coudé, Drg Nos. DB/000-, X-SA-017-200' and 'FO 2.5m Tel. Instru. Coudé, Drg Nos. DC/000-, DE/000-,DD/000'. They include drawings of sizes V, W, X and Y, V being the largest.
The Isaac Newton Telescope was moved from RGO Herstmonceux to the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the early 1980s. It saw its second first light there in 1984.
Dates
- Creation: 1976 - 1986
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
401 rolled item(s) (401 sheets rolled in 6 tubes and 2 boxes) : paper
Bibliography
- Tube: 7: RGO 101/1/FO/V (Graphic Materials)
- Tube: 8: RGO 101/1/FO/W/1-20 (Graphic Materials)
- Tube: 9: RGO 101/1/FO/W/21-34 (Graphic Materials)
- Tube: 10: RGO 101/1/FO/W/35-53 (Text)
- Tube: 11: RGO 101/1/FO/W/54-60 (Graphic Materials)
- Tube: 12: RGO 101/1/FO/X/61-67 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 3: RGO 101/1/FO/X/1-60 (Graphic Materials)
- Box: 4: RGO 101/1/FO/Y (Graphic Materials)
Repository Details
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