1956 Press Photo British Firm Invents New TV Telescope

TV Telescope: A difficulty in astronomical photography is penetrating our own atmosphere. The British firm of Pye Ltd. has tackled this by mounting a television camera on a refractor telescope. The super-sensitive image tube cuts down exposure time, minimizing the effects of atmospheric tremor. Pye has been invited by Lowell Observatory, Arizona to send a team to Bloomfontein, Union of South Africa, this summer to photograph Mars. Photo shows a modified Pye underwater image orthicon TV camera mounted on the 12 in. refractor at a recent international astronomical congress.

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.

Photo is dated 3-1-1956.



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