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An observer riding the elevator to the prime focus cage of the 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory

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Title: An observer riding the elevator to the prime focus cage of the 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956-02
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: An observer riding the elevator to the prime focus cage of the 200-inch telescope, Palomar Observatory. The prime focus cage is seen at the far left; the unidentified observer is seen approaching the cage. The interior walls of the observatory dome 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
Extent: 1 4X5 film neg; 1 8X10 print
Identifier: COPC 2019
30016
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/1966
Subject: Telescopes
Large astronomical telescopes
Astronomers
Optical instruments
Astronomical instruments
Elevators
Elevating platforms
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interior walls
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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