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Title: 200-inch reflecting telscope, with observer in prime-focus position
Date Created and/or Issued: 1945
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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 observer in prime-focus observing position, and reflecting surface of the mirror, Palomar Observatory. Hale observatories catalog print no. 336. The interior walls of the dome are visible 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 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2553
30550
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/743
Subject: Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interiors
Palomar Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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