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Business-end of the Thompson 26-inch refractor. “Does it have a metal or glass mirror?” (Anon.) |
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“On yer bike!” |
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The only star seen all evening. David observes carefully (Read that how you like!) |
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Yapp 36-inch reflector. Secondary mirror |
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“Aargh. It moves!” Anthony demonstrates the lifting floor in Dome D |
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“It’ll never fly” |
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Astrographic refractor. A well-travelled object glass: used in Brazil for the 1919 eclipse (proof of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity), and in Giggleswick for the 1927 eclipse |
