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Sextant telescope

Sextant telescope, inverted image, with wide objective lens (star finder)

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Object Details

ID:	ACO1255.2
Type:	Sextant telescope
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Date made:	1943
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements:	Diameter: 70 mm;Overall: 33 mm
Parts:	Sextant Sextant box (ACO1255.1) Sextant telescope (ACO1255.2) Sextant sight tube (ACO1255.3) Sextant shaded eyepiece (ACO1255.4) Sextant adjusting pin (ACO1255.5)