Basic Data
Maker:Wm. Harris
Date (year):1830 (1815-41)
Description:"Wm. Harris & Co. 50 Holborn & at Hamburg" Brass telescope on a table stand
Signature:
Collection:Private Collection
Accession #:A.568
Style:other
Objective type:triplet
Notes:One 4-lens terrestrial eyepiece and three 2-lens astronomical eyepieces
Objective Data
Lens 1 Lens 2 Lens 3 Complete
CA curvature (diopters): 2.845 ± 0.003 -3.336 ± 0.003 3.134 ± 0.003
CB curvature (diopters): -3.136 ± 0.003 3.336 ± 0.003 -2.486 ± 0.003
PD lens power (diopters): 3.019 ± 0.004 -3.998 ± 0.004 3.022 ± 0.002 2.073
fD focal length (mm): 331.2 ± 0.4 -250.1 ± 0.25 330.9 ± 0.22 499
t thickness (mm): 6.62 2.92 5.72
d free aperture (mm): 70 70 70 70
nD refractive index: 1.5064 ? 0.0008 1.5981 ± 0.0007 1.5392 ± 0.0005
ν Abbe No.: 58 ± 2 39 ± 3 56 ± 1.5
Eyepiece Data
No. of eyepiece elements:4 (elements of one eyepiece)
Lens 1 Lens 2 Lens 3 Lens 4 Complete
fD focal length (mm): 48.3 57.6 74.4 48.2 34.5
d diameter (mm): 19 18 26 22
s spacing (mm): 71 84 71
CA curvature (diopters): 6.456 1.763 23.8 34.6
CB curvature (diopters): -34.6 -26.8 -26.7 -6.50
M magnification: 13.9
FOV field of view (degrees): 7.1
Objective Color Curve Data [(Δf/f)x10-3]
# Wavelength (nm) Paraxial 70% Zone Whole Lens
1 482 0.2 ± 0.6
2 575 0.0
3 652 0.3 ± 0.3
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