98 inch Reflector

For a wonderful video of the Issac Newton 98 inch telescope see: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=45009

The 98 inch Issac Newton Telescope at Grubb Parsons.

The INT at Herstmonceux

Lee T Macdonald has written an excellent account of the 98 inch mirror which can be found here: http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/int_info/Macdonald_INT_Mirror.pdf

The 98 inch mirror on the grinding machine.

Inspecting the 98 inch mirror

Anthony Wilson has written an excellent book on the INT. I had the pleasure of attending a talk given by him at the Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux, 2010.

The book is available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Isaac-Newton-Telescope-Herstmonceux-Palma/dp/0951239422

Article by Richard Woolley...here