- Subject
- Telescopes
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Beaufoy
- Provenance
- Royal Astronomical Society
- Object type
- Telescope
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 815mm Height: 553mm Weight: 15.1kg
- Inventory No
- 89061
Description
A large copper alloy transit circle used for tracking the position of stars as they cross the meridian. The transit circle would have been mounted so as to only rotate along one plane.
