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William C. Miller looking through the guidescope of the Schmidt telescope camera, Palomar Observatory

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Title: William C. Miller looking through the guidescope of the Schmidt telescope camera, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1955
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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: William C. Miller looking into the guidescope of the 48-inch Schmidt telescope camera, Palomar Observatory. Miller is seated in an elevating chair that is attached to a ladder. Miller is wearing eyeglasses, a hat and a coat. The interior walls of the observatory dome are visible 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 B/W print
Identifier: COPC 2635
30632
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/764
Subject: Miller, William C., 1910-1981
Photographers
Astronomers
Astronomical photography
Schmidt telescope
Cameras
Astronomical observatories
Palomar Observatory
Astronomical instruments
Interiors
Observatory domes
Portrait photographs
Coats
Hats
Eyeglasses
Ladders
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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