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Title
The 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1950-10
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
The 100-inch telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory, as seen from the southwest The shutters are open, and a man is visible on the external catwalk. Photo taken with 10' lens. Trees are in the foreground.
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 416
28413
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1911
Subject
Mount Wilson Observatory
Observatory domes
Observatories
Roofs
Astronomical observatories
Balconies
Trees
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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