In early 1964 the 25 inch Newall refractor was used at the Penteli observatory in Athens to allow astronomers to make drawings of the planet Jupiter. There were some very good drawings of the Great Red Spot.
The Newall Telescope was originally made for Robert Newall in Gateshead in the north east of England in 1870. Sadly the observing conditions there were not good and it was never used to its best potential.
In 1885 it was donated by the Newall family to the observatory at Cambridge and in 1957 it was sent to the Penteli Observatory in Athens.
The telescope is still in use today at the Penteli Observatory.
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