Title:

Mount Wilson, California. Mount Wilson Observatory: view of the 100-inch Cassegrain reflecting telescope

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Mount Wilson Observatory

Place:

Mount Wilson and Mount Wilson Observatory

Topic:

Cassegrainian telescopes, Reflecting telescopes, and Observatory domes

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Cassegrainian telescopes, Reflecting telescopes, Observatory domes, Mount Wilson Observatory, Mount Wilson, and Mount Wilson Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36 and Box 38