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West portion of the fork for the Hooker telescope being swung into place, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: West portion of the fork for the Hooker telescope being swung into place, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1916
1917
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: West portion of the fork for the Hooker telescope being swung into place, Mount Wilson Observatory. The interior walls of the observatory 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/jpeg
Extent: 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 44
28041
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1361
Subject: Reflecting telescopes
Telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Interiors
Observatory domes
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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