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Title
Snow telescope coelostat, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1905-12-19
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
Snow telescope coelostat as seen from inside the rolling shelter, Mount Wilson Observatory. A white tarpaulin serves as a protective roof.
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 251
28248
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1079
Subject
Coelostat
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Mirrors
Tarpaulins
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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