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Title
Snow telescope building, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1905-07-08
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Snow telescope building from the southwest, with shelter rolled back, exposing coelostat, Mount Wilson Observatory. The stone columns seen in other images have been enclosed in wooden clapboard siding. Shrubs cover the hillside next to the building.
Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
COPC 232
28229
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1065
Subject
Observatories
Astronomical observatories
Coelostat
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Mount Wilson Observatory
Roofs
Platforms
Shrubs
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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