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Title
100-inch reflecting telescope tube, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1919-10-19
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
100-inch telescope with tube nearly vertical, as seen from the west; Cassegrain cage attached to end of tube, Mount Wilson Observatory. The tube's mount is seen surrounding the tube but at an inclined angle; the higher end of the mount is seen at left on top of its pedestal. The interior walls of the domed observatory roof 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
Identifier
COPC 593
28590
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1489
Subject
Tubes
Steel, Structural
Cassegrainian telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Pedestals
Walls
Interiors
Observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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