![Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, at Birr Castle, Ireland. Lithograph by W. Bevan after Miss Henrietta M. Crompton, with figures by H. C. Herries. | Wellcome Collection Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, at Birr Castle, Ireland. Lithograph by W. Bevan after Miss Henrietta M. Crompton, with figures by H. C. Herries. | Wellcome Collection](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0025755/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Astronomy: a large refracting telescope, at Birr Castle, Ireland. Lithograph by W. Bevan after Miss Henrietta M. Crompton, with figures by H. C. Herries. | Wellcome Collection
![The Leviathan (telescope) at Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland. Built between 1841 and 1845 by the 3rd Earl of Ros… | County offaly, Castles in ireland, Astronomy The Leviathan (telescope) at Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland. Built between 1841 and 1845 by the 3rd Earl of Ros… | County offaly, Castles in ireland, Astronomy](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bc/e3/72/bce3724707524b54c4483617f7206c08--astronomy-the-great.jpg)
The Leviathan (telescope) at Birr Castle, County Offaly, Ireland. Built between 1841 and 1845 by the 3rd Earl of Ros… | County offaly, Castles in ireland, Astronomy
![The Great Telescope... erected at Birr Castle in Ireland, by Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society posters & prints by Henrietta M. Crompton The Great Telescope... erected at Birr Castle in Ireland, by Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society posters & prints by Henrietta M. Crompton](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2785/2654/products/pt3506_604f426a-a4d6-462b-b27a-e64ebb6d6885_1024x1024.jpg?v=1527861062)
The Great Telescope... erected at Birr Castle in Ireland, by Earl of Rosse, President of the Royal Society posters & prints by Henrietta M. Crompton
![The Leviathan of Parsonstown, Birr Castle. The 6ft telescope was built in 1845 by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and remained the largest telescope in the world for 70 years - The Leviathan of Parsonstown, Birr Castle. The 6ft telescope was built in 1845 by William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and remained the largest telescope in the world for 70 years -](https://andreas-und-angelika.de/galleries/andreas/2019-06_Ireland/photos/aka-Ireland-2019-06-16__D5X6176.jpg)