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Title: View of the Lick Observatory north dome
Contributor: Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: San José State University Archives Photograph Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/special_coll/index.htm
Description: View of the front of the main building of the Lick Observatory. The 25-foot dome is located at the north end of the building on the left. This dome originally held a 12-inch Clark refractor.
This dome now houses a 40-inch reflector known as the Nickel telescope.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
3.6 X 4.7 in.
Identifier: islandora:81_869
filename: ua_hamilton_004
oclc: 601767599
islandora: 81_869
Language: English
Subject: Community Life
Astronomical observatories
Buildings
Domes
Mountains
Lick Observatory
Place: Mount Hamilton Range
California

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