· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Classic Telescopes Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 xavier super member Reged: 10/31/07 Loc: Belgium Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium       #5680684 - 02/15/13 05:06 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Just discovered a beautiful page about the Observatory of the University of Ghent. Xavier Post Extras:       R Botero sage Reged: 01/02/09 Loc: Kent, England Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: xavier]       #5680691 - 02/15/13 05:25 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice pictures and nice website. Good find Xavier! It's a shame there are not more details on the scopes on the webpage - maybe my Flemish is not what it used to be! What is the refractor in the lab room? Last question, have you been to it? I have been to Ghent visiting friends - may actually go again this summer...for another reason! Post Extras:       xavier super member Reged: 10/31/07 Loc: Belgium Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: R Botero]       #5680693 - 02/15/13 05:34 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Roberto, There is a special website (http://www.rug-a-pien.be/_historische_telescoop.html) about the historical telescope. It's a 9" Steinheil. No idea about the telescope in the lab room. Contacted the people of the observatory for more information. Ghent is nearby from where I live. Would be nice to go together. Xavier Post Extras:       R Botero sage Reged: 01/02/09 Loc: Kent, England Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: xavier]       #5680700 - 02/15/13 05:42 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Excellent Xavier. Will check with the wife who has to approve all things! Thank you for the link also. Roberto Post Extras:       dgreyson sage Reged: 11/06/12 Loc: South Carolina Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: xavier]       #5680775 - 02/15/13 07:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Neat scope. waarvoor dient dit instrument? graag uw reactie! = What is this instrument?like your comment! That is a Solar intensity or Sun shine recorder. I forget the exact latin name for it. As the sun moves across the sky, the lens records the amount of sunlight present against time of day by burning a varying stripe across graph paper held in the semicircular part. Here is a better photo of a similar solar incidince recorder Sunshine recorders use solar cells today. There are a lot of meterorlogical instruments at the observitory. wonderful place, they seem to appreciate the classics while also making room for a meade. Wish I had that Siderial grandfather clock. Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: dgreyson]       #5683011 - 02/16/13 09:17 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Volkssterrenwacht Armand Pien (Belgian weatherman) houses the superb 22,8 cm (f/11) Monckhoven refractor (1880) by Carl August Steinheil & Sohne and mount by Thomas Cooke & Sons. But the observatory in the heart of Gent probably also houses a refractor made by Dutch ATM Piet G. Meesters (could anyone confirm? - see right in lower photo). Both beautiful classic refractors/instruments http://www.rug-a-pien.be/_historische_telescoop.html Post Extras:       javago super member Reged: 11/02/04 Loc: Geldrop-Netherlands Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: PhilCo126]       #5683512 - 02/16/13 01:14 PM Attachment (9 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Yes the telescope on the green pier is a P.Meesters one.It looks like a 120mm refractor.I have owned several of these ( still have a 80mm )and most of them are great with lenses of Steinheil,Busch,Carl Bamberg etc. Post Extras:       xavier super member Reged: 10/31/07 Loc: Belgium Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: javago]       #5683697 - 02/16/13 03:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Jan, That's a very beautiful Meester's. What period? Xavier Post Extras:       javago super member Reged: 11/02/04 Loc: Geldrop-Netherlands Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: xavier]       #5683729 - 02/16/13 03:27 PM Attachment (8 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This one is made between 1938 and 1946.It has a lens of NEDOPTIFA UTRECHT ( NEDerlandse OPTIek FAbrieken UTRECHT )After 1946 the company moved to Zeist and the name on the lens cell changed to NEDOPTIFA ZEIST. Jan Edited by javago (02/16/13 03:31 PM) Post Extras:       xavier super member Reged: 10/31/07 Loc: Belgium Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: javago]       #5683918 - 02/16/13 05:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for this information, Jan. Never heard of this brand. Interesting scope. Would love to see it for real. Xavier Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: xavier]       #5686798 - 02/18/13 11:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks for the confirmation Jan... it looks like that this particular Piet G. Meesters (1887-1964) refractor was built in the early 1950s... Post Extras:       PhilCo126 Carpal Tunnel Reged: 01/14/05 Loc: coastline of Belgium Re: Observatory of the University of Ghent, Belgium [Re: PhilCo126]       #5697771 - 02/24/13 04:16 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Any idea of its value ( for insurance purposes ? ) Of course they could insure it at the value/cost of a new replacement refractor & mount (let's say Euro 2500.00) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 7 registered and 5 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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