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Colour footage of Yale-Columbia telescope at Mount Stromlo (no sound)

dc.contributor.authorMount Stromlo Observatory (1915-2012)
dc.coverage.spatialMount Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-27T23:06:55Z
dc.date.available2026-01-27T23:06:55Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1963
dc.description.abstractFilm footage may have been created to record the donation of the Yale-Columbia telescope to Mount Stromlo Observatory in 1963. The Yale Columbia telescope surveyed the distribution of stars and their motions, and provided NASA with orbits for the moons of Saturn.
dc.format.extent00:08:27
dc.format.mediumfilm reel
dc.format.mediumcolour
dc.format.mediumsilent
dc.format.mimetypevideo/mpeg
dc.identifierAU ANUA 744-326
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733804972
dc.language.isoen
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2025
dc.relation.ispartofANU AV Preservation Digitisation Project
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSeries 744 - Mount Stromlo Observatory papers and plans
dc.relation.ispartofseriesItem 326 - Mt. Stromlo, Yale Columbia, colour
dc.rights.licenseThis film recording is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University
dc.subject.otherMount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
dc.subject.otherTelescopes
dc.titleColour footage of Yale-Columbia telescope at Mount Stromlo (no sound)
dc.typeVideo recording
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.description.notesDirt -- Scratches -- Variable colour balance.

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