Title | McDonald Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds |
View | 82-inch Reflector Telescope 97:6 (2008-003) |
Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
Description | McDonald Observatory 82-inch reflecting telescope awaits the arrival of its mirror. Warner & Swasey Company designed and built both the observatory, in the Davis Mountains of Western Texas, and its telescope, the second largest in the world. |
Subject Terms | Reflecting telescopes | Mirrors--Design and construction | Manufacturing processes | Astronomical photography | Astronomical instruments |
Photograph Date | 1930s |
Physical Format | Lantern slides; 6.4 x 8.0 cm |
Manufacturer | Warner & Swasey Company; Lundin, Carl Axel Robert, 1880-1962 |
Location | Davis Mountains, Texas |
Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
Image Identifier | apf6-03345 |
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