Monday, 16 February 2026

Cooke Telescope Tales - Planets observed from India in 1870

The Rev J Spear observed Jupiter, Saturn and Mars in 1870 from Chukrata N W Provence's, Bengal using a Thomas Cooke & Sons 4.5 inch telescope. 

He also observed double stars using a Barlow lens more than doubling the telescopes powers.


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