Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Yale-Columbia telescope at Mt Stromlo

Date

Authors

Photographer: not known

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Abstract

Work is conducted on the dome of the Yale-Columbia telescope at Mt Stromlo. This 26-inch refracting telescope began operation in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1925, as Yale University's Southern Station. Columbia University joined the telescope's research program in 1943, but increased light pollution forced the American universities to look for an alternate location and the telescope moved to Mt Stromlo and recommenced operation in 1955/6. The telescope was destroyed in the 2003 firestorm and now only the scarred shell remains in place.

Description

Keywords

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111764

Collections

Commonwealth Solar Observatory (Mt Stromlo)

Source

Type

Image

Archives Series

Date created

circa 1955

Access Statement

License Rights

DOI

Restricted until

Downloads

File
Description
ANUA615-258.tif (48.96 MB)

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2026 LYRASIS