Sextant box

Telescope (172 mm) inverted image, four cross wires, telescope (73 mm) erect image, wide objective lens (star finder), eye piece tube (96 mm) two cross wires. Sight-tube (82 mm), two shaded eye pieces (both green), adjusting pin, small spanner. Diameter 6.5'' (165 mm).

Object Details

ID: ACO1256.1
Type: Sextant box
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Heath & Co. Ltd
Date made: circa 1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Admiralty Compass Observatory
Measurements: Overall: 140 mm x 280 mm x 270 mm
Parts: Sextant
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