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The 48-inch Schmidt camera, Palomar Observatory, with Bill Baum seated at the guidescope and Chuck Kearns standing at the control desk

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Title: The 48-inch Schmidt camera, Palomar Observatory, with Bill Baum seated at the guidescope and Chuck Kearns standing at the control desk
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956-02
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: The 48-inch Schmidt camera, Palomar Observatory, with Bill Baum seated at the guidescope and Chuck Kearns standing at the control desk. Baum is seated on an elevating chair placed in front of the camera. The interior walls of the observatory dome are seen 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
Extent: 1 8X10 print; 1 8X10 film neg
Identifier: COPC 2009
30006
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1960
Subject: Cameras
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Baum, Bill
Kearns, Chuck
Astronomers
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Elevating platforms
Chairs
Observatory domes
Interior walls
Electric controllers
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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