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Title
First solar telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1904-04
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
First solar telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory. Several white tarpaulins have been pieced together to form a long tunnel-like structure. Trees are 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
Identifier
COPC 857
28854
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1194
Subject
Solar telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Optical instruments
Telescopes
Tarpaulins
Trees
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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