Ian Glass: Telescopes made by Grubb Parsons (Partial list)



18-inch Coelostat and 12-inch objective, Mt Stromlo Observatory, Australia, 1927
Reference:
"18-inch Coelostat for Canberra Observatory:, Nature, February 18, 1928. Also Grubb Parsons Publication Nos. 5 and 9.


16-inch Coelostat with 14-inch second mirror, Tokyo Observatory, Japan, before 1934.
Reference
GP Publication No. 9.


16-inch Coelostat, Kyoto University, Japan, before 1934.
Reference
GP Publication No. 9.


12-inch Portable Coelostat, Kyoto University, Japan, before 1934.
Reference
GP Publication No. 9.


36-inch reflector, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK, 1930
Reference:
"36-inch Reflecting Telescope for Edinburgh Observatory", Engineering, Sept 6, 20 and October 4 and 18, 1929.
GP Publication No. 6.


15/10-inch twin refractor, Edinburgh (1930s)
Reference
GP Publication No. 9.


24/20-inch twin refractor, Saltzjobaden, Sweden, 1931
Reference
GP Publication No. 9.


40-inch reflector, Saltzjobaden, Sweden, 1931
With 40-ft dome.
Reference
GP Publication No.9.


18-inch reflector, Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland, 1933
Reference
GP Publication No. 9.


36-inch reflector, Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK, 1933
Originally at Greenwich. Later at Herstmonceux.
GP Publication No. 9.
34-ft dome, later moved to Cape Town and demolished ca 1972.


16-inch solar coelostat and 12 1/2 - inch Cassegrain telescope, University Observatory, Oxford, 1934 (? possibly 1939).
Reference:
"Solar Telescope at Oxford University Observatory", Engineering, March 10 and 24, 1939. Also Grubb Parsons Publication No. 13. 74-inch reflector, David Dunlap Observatory, Canada, 1935
Reference:
"74-in. Reflecting Telescope for the David Dunlap Memorial Observatory of Toronto University, Canada", Engineering, March 9, 30 & April 10, 1934. Also Grubb Parsons Publication Nos. 9 and 10.
Dome 64 feet diameter.
GP publication No. 9.


16-inch Rockefeller twin photographic refractor, Leiden Southern Station, South Africa, 1938.
GP Publication No. 9.


74-inch reflector, Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, South Africa, 1938.
Since 1976 in Sutherland. See The Engineer, Sept 16, 23, 30, 1938; Glass, I.S., MNASSA, 37, 4-4, 1978.


13/10-inch twin refractor, Pilsudski Observatory, Poland, 1938


48cm reflector, Vilnius (1938). Later Simeiz Ukraine (1968), Maidanek Uzbekistan. Since 2006 in Samarkand Uzbekistan.


10x8 ft^2 heliostat mirror, Wills, Bristol (before WW2)


10-inch P.Z.T., Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK, 1947


12-inch solar telescope, Arosa, Switzerland.


20-inch solar reflector 1953 Oxford University, UK, 1953


7-inch transit San Fernando, Spain, 1953


17/24-inch Schmidt Cambridge University, UK, 1954


10-inch P.Z.T., Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1954


7-inch transit, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1954


74-inch reflector, Mt Stromlo, Australia, 1955-2003 (burnt in 2003)


36-inch reflector, Cambridge University, UK, 1955
Used with Radial Velocity spectrometer


10-inch P.Z.T., Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK, 1955


10-inch P.Z.T., Mt Stromlo, Australia, 1956


75-inch reflector (tube and mounting), St Michel, France, 1956


24-inch Coelostat, Kodaikanal, India, 1958


74-inch reflector, Okayama observatory, formerly Tokyo University, now NOAJ, Japan, 1960


48-inch reflector, Victoria, Canada, 1961


16-inch twin reflector, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK, 1962


40-inch reflector, Royal Observatory, South Africa, 1963
In Sutherland since 1972


74-inch reflector, Helwan (Kottamia), Egypt, 1963.
Original mirror believed to have been destroyed accidentally during aluminizing and replaced by a Zeiss one in 1998.


Multiple Refractor Mount, Cape Town, 1964. Moved to Sutherland 1973, Carried 30-inch G-P reflector from 1974, Donated to University of Natal 2015.


30-inch reflector, Jungfraujoch, Switzerland, 1966


20-inch reflector, Edinburgh University, UK, 1967


Sent to Mid-Kent Observatory 2012.


16-inch Schmidt, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK, 1967


98-inch reflector, Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK, 1967
References:
"The Isaac Newton Telescope", Instrument Review, December 1965, 5pp
"The Isaac Newton Telescope", Parsons Journal, Christmas 1965, 8pp + plate.
Subsequently rebuilt and reinstalled on La Palma


16/24-inch Schmidt, Castelgandolfo, 1967


20-inch reflector, Glasgow University, UK, 1968


1.8-m mirror for Asiago, Italy, 1969


48/72-inch Schmidt, Siding Spring, Australia, 1973


154-inch reflector (tube and optics), Siding Spring, Australia, 1974


48-inch reflector, Athens University, Greece, 1975


48-inch reflector (tube and optics), Hamburg, Germany, 1975


30-inch reflector, SAAO, formerly at Sutherland, 1975
Donated 2015 to Natal University


150-in mirror, UKIRT, Hawaii, 1976


60-in reflector (optics and tube), (Danish tel) ESO, La Silla, 1976


31-inch Schmidt (mounting; no optics), Calar Alto Observatory (1977)


39-inch reflector, La Palma, 1979 (Kapteyn)


100-inch mirror only, (new INT mirror), La Palma


F/50 chopping secondary mirror for 74-inch telescope, Sutherland, ca 1980.


48-inch achromatic corrector, Palomar Schmidt, ca 1980


170-inch Herschel reflector, La Palma, 1985


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