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Edwin Powell Hubble at the guidescope of the 48-inch Schmidt camera, Palomar Observatory

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Title: Edwin Powell Hubble at the guidescope of the 48-inch Schmidt camera, Palomar Observatory
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944
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1954
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: Edwin Powell Hubble looking through guidescope of 48-inch Schmidt camera, Palomar Observatory. Hubble is dressed in coveralls, and has a pipe in his mouth. He is holding controls in his hand. The camera is behind Hubble, and the interior of the observatory dome, with open window, is visible.
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 1 8X10 print; 1 8X10 film neg
Identifier: COPC 2912
30909
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/821
Subject: Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889-1953
Astronomers
Scientists
Cameras
Schmidt telescopes
Astronomical instruments
Astronomical observatories
Observatory domes
Interiors
Tobacco pipes
Portrait photographs
Palomar Observatory
Portrait Photographs. (aat)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Palomar, Mount (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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