Geoffrey W. Marcy playing the cello in the 100-inch telescope observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory. Marcy is seated in a chair and is seen in the foreground of the photograph, with his violoncello in front of him. To Marcy's right is a large wooden desk holding two clocks and other instruments. the 100-inch telescope tube is seen in the background, under the domed observatory ceiling. The curved interior walls of the dome are in the background. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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