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Title: Coelostat mirrors in the 60-foot tower dome, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1966-08
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Coelostat mirrors in the 60-foot tower dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. The interior walls of the dome are seen behind the mirrors.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 4X5 film neg
Identifier: COPC 195
28192
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1956
Subject: Coelostat
Mirrors
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatory domes
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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