Cambridge 2000: university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building

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university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building

Cambridge, England: university: Madingley Road: Northumberland Telescope building
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Date photograph taken: 07 April 2000
Date built: c1838

An old telescope, but still used for some observations. This is most famous for being the telescope where Neptune was not discovered in 1846, because of an unfortunate series of events, in particular observationalists not believing the predictions of a theoretician.

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