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1-foot Cassegrain reflecting telescope
This one-foot, Cassegrain reflector is altazimuthly mounted on a pedestal with three, folding scroll feet. The telescope is brass. Both primary and secondary mirrors are present.
The altitude and azimuth adjustment keys are made of brass with ivory handles. The altitude key can be removed. There are knurled screws for tightening the parts together and for adjusting the focus.
A brass pointer is affixed to the top of the telescope tube at the far end, and serves as a finder. There is a vernier scale along the side for adjusting the secondary mirror. The scale is divided [-.2]-0-2-[2.2], with subdivisions every .05, and the vernier giving readings to .01 along its scale of 0-25.
A dust cover is present.
