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Title
Observer riding the elevating platform to the prime focus cage of the 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1956-02
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
Unidentified observer riding the elevating platform to the prime focus observing cage of 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The interior observatory walls 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; 1 8X10 film neg
Identifier
COPC 2003
30000
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1971
Subject
Large astronomical telescopes
Telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Astronomers
Scientists
Elevating platforms
Palomar Observatory
Observatory domes
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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