TELESCOPE TO CHINA

Now undergoing exhaustive tests at the Harvard Observatory for its future use in the National Observatory at Nanking, is the photographic telescope which has been recently ordered by the Chinese government. With the assistance of F. L. Whipple '95, director of photography, pictures are being taken of celestial bodies to make sure of the telescope's accuracy before shipping it to China. These tests will be continued for four or five months before the telescope passes approval.

L. B. Andrews '25, under whose supervision the testing is being carried on, explains that the outstanding excellence of the instrument lies in the quality of its lens, especially constructed for taking clear pictures in a short period of exposure. The telescope has a four inch Ross lens made by Lundin.

This will be China's first modern photographic telescope of any real power. All but the lens has been specially constructed by the Eastern Science Supply Co. Tests are now directed toward cutting down necessary time for exposure.