Dr. Harold Corwin's Ireland Trip Photos of
Lord Rosse's "Leviathan" at Birr Castle
- May 24, 2004 -
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The 72-Inch Telescope
| The telescope and Kay Corwin as seen from the southwest |
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The telescope and Dr. Harold Corwin |
Coming up on the 72-inch telescope from behind with meridian post (and explanation
marker) in the path, exhibition rotunda in the background. The castle is just barely
visible behind the tree at the left. |
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Zoom in on telescope and meridian post. Machinery pit is fenced to the left of the telescope.
| The castle seen from the meridian post. Distance is 200-300 meters at a guess.
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For more information about Birr Castle, see http://www.birrcastle.com
All pictures scanned with a Hewlett-Packard 6200Cse,
36-bit, 1200 dpi, SCSI-2 based Scanner