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The presented item is a refracting telescope on a tall equatorial mount tripod. The tube is made of wood, the 8 cm diameter objective and the retractable eyepiece are fixed in brass rings at opposite ends of the tube. The spotting scope is attached to the declination axis, which ends in a spherical metal counterweight on the other side. The declination axis is movably attached to the hour-angle axis. The telescope was of compact size and offered quick disassembly, making it a convenient portable instrument. It was brought to the Astronomical Observatory in Kraków in 1834 by Józef Łęski. Time and Place of creation: 1832, Vienna, Munich, Germany https://muzea.malopolska.pl/en/objects-list/2780 Inventory number: 16653; 1949/V Museum: Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius Digitalisation: Digitalisation: RDW MIC, Virtual Małopolska project