Gregorian Reflecting Telescope
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This type of telescope was first described in 1663 by James Gregory (1638-1675), a Scottish mathematician and astronomer, professor at the University of Edinburgh and St. Andrews University in Scotland. Inventor of the first reflecting telescope. He proposed a method of determining an astronomical unit based on observations of the transit of Venus in front of the disc of the Sun.
Model details
| Creator | Museum of Malopolska |
|---|---|
| Category | Scientific |
| Formats | glTF, USDZ |
| Animated | No |
| Updated | 2024-09-10 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
Measured geometry
Measured by opening this model in ZeroXR, not copied from the source listing.
| Triangles | 220,952 |
|---|---|
| Materials | 1 |
| Textures | 3 |
Licence and attribution
“Gregorian Reflecting Telescope” by Museum of Malopolska is published under CC BY 4.0.
