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Photograph article dated April 26, 1962 partially reads, "Take-off point is a 5,600-foot-high plateau near the top of Palomar Mountain in San Diego County. Equipment consists of three stellar telescopes owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena...Palomar Observatory...stands on a block of granite 15 miles long and 5 miles wide about 500 feet below the 6,100-foot-high mountain peak. The observatory is the home of the world-famous 200-inch Hale telescope."; See images #00118373 through #00118374 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Palomar Observatory Observatories--California--San Diego County Shrubs--California--San Diego County Mountains--California, Southern Palomar, Mount (Calif.) San Diego County (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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