Cambridge 2000: university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building

Description: university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building
Date built: c1838
university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building map for university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building
Date photograph taken: 07 Apr 2000 (Alternative map: Google map)

An old telescope, but still used for some observations. This is most famous for being the telescope where Neptune was not discovered in 1846, because of an unfortunate series of events, in particular observationalists not believing the predictions of a theoretician.

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