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Title
60-inch telescope mirror on stand, after silvering
Date Created and/or Issued
1907
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
60-inch mirror on stand, after silvering, in telescope dome, Mount Wilson Observatory. The observatory dome floor and a portion of the interior walls are also visible.
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 335
28332
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1150
Subject
Mirrors
Telescopes
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Optical instruments
Observatory domes
Interiors
Mount Wilson Observatory
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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