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Title
200-inch telescope mirror cell, as seen from below
Date Created and/or Issued
1944
1945
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1954
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
200 inch mirror cell, seen from below, prior to being attached to telescope, showing mirror support system. Palomar Observatory.
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 5X7 B/W print
Identifier
COPC 2583
30580
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/752
Subject
Mirrors
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Palomar Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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