Equatorial telescope. This inch Merz refractor telescope on an equatorial mount was in a private observatory owned by the engineer and amateur ast

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Equatorial telescope. This inch Merz refractor telescope on an equatorial mount was in a private observatory owned by the engineer and amateur astronomer Frederick Brodie (1823-1896). Brodie mainly observed sun spots and star clusters. Photographed in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK.

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