Item MM 40163 Photograph - 6-inch Transit Telescope, Troughton & Simms, Sydney Observatory, Observatory Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, circa 1890

Summary

Transit telescope, believed to be the 6-inch refractor made by Troughton & Simms, London, 1876, erected in the Transit Room at the Sydney Observatory.

This photograph appears in an album used at the Melbourne Observatory, in the late 19th century. The photograph was previously incorrectly identified as being a view of the 8-inch Troughton & Simms, transit telescope installed at Melbourne Observatory in 1883.

Description of Content

Believed to be the 6-inch transit telescope by Troughton & Simms, London, 1876, erected in the Transit Room at the Sydney Observatory.