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Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S
Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S

Building the 200 inch Palomar Telescope - 1948 Dedication* issue F*S

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This is an 8-1/2" x 11", 34-page reproduction of the June 1948 Palomar Issue of the Caltech Engineering and Science monthly dedicated to the 200-inch telescope. The Mount Palomar 200-inch telescope is among the most iconic scientific instruments in the world, and the crown jewel in the research traditions of Carnegie and Caltech. Conceived in the 1920s, the telescope has been in continuous scientific operation since 1948.  Topics include

  • Dedication of the Observatory By Lee A. DuBridge
  • The 200-Inch Mirror
  • Shops at Caltech Engineering
  • Aspects of the 200-Inch Telescope By Bruce Rule
  • The Palomar Story
  • Schmidt Cameras-Blazing the Trail
  • The Men at the Telescope
  • Photographing the Stars
  • Mount Wilson Administering Two Observatories
  • Graduate Work in Astrophysics at Caltech

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