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Title
200-inch reflecting telescope, Palomar Observatory, pointing North
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
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
200- inch reflecting telescope with tube pointing north, shutters open, viewed from the east, Palomar Observatory. Two unidentified men are standing directly underneath the telescope. The observatory dome walls are visible behind the telescope.
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 8X10 print; 1 8X10 film neg
Identifier
COPC 2546
30543
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/740
Subject
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Telescopes
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interiors
Palomar Observatory
Astronomers
Scientists
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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