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Title
Edwin Hubble and James Jeans on the cassegrain platform of the 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-04
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Edwin Hubble (left) and James Jeans on the cassegrain platform next to the 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. A portion of the telescope dominates the photograph; the two men are seen at the far left.
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 4X5 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 2911
30908
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1572
Subject
Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889-1953
Jeans, James Hopwood, Sir, 1877-1946
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Telescopes
Cassegrainian telescopes
Elevating platforms
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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