The 100-inch telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory. Seen from the west, the tube is lowered to the south, and the shutter is open to the south. The interior balcony surrounds the telescope and its pedestal; the interior walls of the 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.
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