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Title: 200-inch reflecting telescope, pointing at zenith, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
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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: 200 inch telescope with tube pointing at zenith, shutters open, viewed from the northeast, with Cassegrain platform at the edge of the mirror cell. The interior walls of the observatory dome are visible behind the telescope.
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 2544
30541
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/738
Subject: Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Telescopes
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interiors
Astronomical instruments
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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