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Title
Mirror for the Hooker 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued
1919
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
100 inch mirror in its cell, approaching the lower end of the tube where it will be bolted tightly. For the Hooker 100-inch reflecting telescope, Mount Wilson 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 8X10 print
Identifier
COPC 59
28056
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/891
Subject
Mirrors--Frames
Hoisting machinery
Reflecting telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Astronomical observatories
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place
Mount Wilson (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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