Refracting telecsope

This small refractor was used by the Greek scholar Theophilos Kairis (1784-1853). One of the first telescopes for amateur stellar observations used in Greece.

Data

Inventory Number: 

AST01

Date: 

1810 (c.)

Dimensions: 

50 mm

Maker: 

Lerebours

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Instrument Type: 

Places

Location: 

Μουσείο Φυσικών Επιστημών και Τεχνολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών - Museum of Science and Technology, University of Athens

Origin: 

Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών - Φιλοσοφική Σχολή / University of Athens - Faculty of Philosophy