Leviathan of Parsonstown (Q459970)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches (1.83 m) aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of the 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker Telescope in California in 1917. The Rosse six-foot telescope was built by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse on his estate, Birr Castle, at Parsonstown (now Birr) in Ireland.

Summary from Nederlands / Dutch Wikipedia (nlwiki)

De Leviathan van Parsonstown of the 6-voettelescoop van Rosse was een spiegeltelescoop met een diameter van 1,8 m die de grootste telescoop van de wereld was van 1845 tot de ingebruikname van de Hookertelescoop van 100 inch (2,5 m) van het Mount Wilson-observatorium in 1917. De telescoop was gebouwd door William Parsons op zijn landgoed Birr Castle in Parsonstown, nu Birr, wat tegenwoordig in de republiek Ierland ligt.

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