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Title
Geoffrey W. Marcy playing the cello in the 100-inch telescope observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1984-03-27
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
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.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 4X5 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 2997
30994
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/2438
Subject
Marcy, Geoffrey W., 1954-
Astronomers
Scientists
Violoncellists
Violoncello
Bowed stringed instruments
Telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Desks
Clocks and watches
Observatories
Observatory domes
Mount Wilson Observatory (Calif.)
Astronomical observatories
Interiors
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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