Count Karoly Esztherhazy was also interested in the growing field of astronomy and set up an observatory. I don't have photos of it, really, but there is a wonderful camera obscura (imagine putting up a kind of periscope on your house and having it project images of the surroundings in full color
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| Camera Obscura--the brass things maneuver the lens on the top of the building. |
on a table in a darkened room--we 21st century sorts were delighted and laughed (it was partly for amusement in the 18th c) when the guide folded a card and put it across a road. Cars would appear to go nearly straight up and down.
The photos are of some of the equipment.
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| Telescopes |
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| This device (quite large) allowed the astronomer to measure angles between stars and other objecs. |
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| Close-up of one telescope--still works, we looked through it. |
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| Helped find Noon and other times. |
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