Mount Wilson Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds
| Title | Mount Wilson Observatory Buildings, Instruments, Equipment, Grounds |
| View | Snow Telescope 20:2581 (2008-003) |
| Series | VI: Yerkes Observatory |
| Description | The Snow horizontal telescope (coelostat) equipped with a concave mirror was a gift to Yerkes Observatory from Helen E. Snow in memory of her father George W. Snow. It was taken to California in 1904 by former Yerkes Observatory director George Ellery Hale, and was housed in a building next to the 60-foot solar tower on Mount Wilson. |
| Subject Terms | Snow, Helen E. | Snow, George W. | Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938 | Telescopes | Coelostats | Towers (Single built works) |
| Photograph Date | 1941-09 |
| Physical Format | Glass plate negatives; 18.6 x 15.3 cm |
| Location | Mount Wilson, California |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf6-00636 |
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