Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Mount Wilson Observatory
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- There are several other shots of Mt. Wilson in Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 2.
- This photo is featured in the Smithsonian Annual Report for 1932, opposite page 141.
- Summary
- The Great Hooker 100-inch telescope used at the Mt. Wilson, California Observatory, which served as a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory station from 1905 to the mid 1930's.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder: 2
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1931
- Standard number
- MAH 10815-B or MAH10815B
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Interior
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Observing (field) stations
- Observatories
- Telescopes
- Mountains--California
- Astronomy
- Record ID
- siris_sic_8182
