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Yale-Columbia telescope at Mt Stromlo

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: not knownen_AU
dc.coverage.spatialMount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territoryen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-13T01:35:20Z
dc.date.available2017-01-13T01:35:20Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1955
dc.description.abstractWork 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.en_AU
dc.format.extent24cm x 19.5cmen_AU
dc.format.mediumphotographen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 615-258en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/111764
dc.relation.ispartofRecords of the Commonwealth Solar Observatory (Mt Stromlo) and Kurt Gottlieben_AU
dc.rightsThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.en_AU
dc.subject.otherCommonwealth Solar Observatory (1924-1957)en_AU
dc.titleYale-Columbia telescope at Mt Stromloen_AU
dc.typeImageen_AU
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.contributor.copyrightholderAustralian National Universityen_AU

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