The Refracting Telescope of the Berlin Observatory

Description: 

The telescope used by Johann Gottfried Galle and his student at the Berlin Observatory for the discovery of Neptune on September 23rd, 1846. It is a refracting telescope that was made by a German physicist named Joseph von Fraunhofer.

 

Sources:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/astronomy-19th-century

https://ras.ac.uk/about-the-ras/a-brief-history

https://ras.ac.uk/timeline

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