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Polar axis of 60-inch reflecting telescope being lowered into place on base of mount, Mount Wilson Observatory

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Title: Polar axis of 60-inch reflecting telescope being lowered into place on base of mount, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1908
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: Polar axis of 60-inch telescope being lowered into place on base of mount, Mount Wilson Observatory. 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.
Type: image
Format: image/tiff
Identifier: COPC 314
28311
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/599
Subject: Telescopes
Pedestals
Hoisting machinery
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Astronomical instruments
Observatory domes
Interiors
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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