200-inch telescope from the south, tube down, observer in prime-focus cage, mirror open. Palomar Observatory. The elevating platform used to access the telescope is seen on the right-hand side of the photograph; the interior walls of the observatory dome are visible in the background. Image courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at the Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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