The 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. Walt Pettit (eftl), Bill Baum, and Byron Hill stand below the mirror. The interior walls of the observatory dome are seen in the far background. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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