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Earthquake damaged tube of the Townsend Teece Telescope

23 May 2025

Crushed tube of the Townsend Teece Telescope, flattened when the Arts Centre Observatory dome collapsed during the 2011 earthquake.

Contributors note: "Crushed tube of the Townsend Teece Telescope, flattened when the observatory dome collapsed during the 2011 earthquake, later painstakingly rebuilt by Graham Kershaw after its primary lens miraculously survived. "

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Earthquake damaged tube of the Townsend Teece Telescope

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