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Equatorial refracting telescope with accessories by Hugo Schroeder

Made by Schroeder, Hugo in Hamburg, Germany, Europe, 1874.

This telescope was installed in the South Dome at Sydney Observatory in 1874 and is now the oldest working telescope in Australia. It was used by Henry Chamberlain Russell, Government Astronomer at Sydney Observatory from 1870-1905, to view the …

Equatorial refracting telescope with accessories by Hugo Schroeder

Made by Schroeder, Hugo in Hamburg, Germany, Europe, 1874.

This telescope was installed in the South Dome at Sydney Observatory in 1874 and is now the oldest working telescope in Australia. It was used by Henry Chamberlain Russell, Government Astronomer at Sydney Observatory from 1870-1905, to view the …