Construction of MMT (Multiple Mirror Telescope) Observatory on Mt. Hopkins, Arizona

Summary

Caption from Torch: "MMT CONSTRUCTION IN ARIZONA... The optical support system, a birdcage like structure of iron struts and supports which will hold the six large reflecting mirrors and other associated optics of the Multiple Mirror Telescope, was installed at the facility on top of Mt. Hopkins in mid-September. First, the system had to be trucked to the 8,550-foot summit of the southern Arizona mountain. The system came up the I8-mile winding road very slowly and very carefully in sections strapped to flatbed trailers. The MMT is a joint project of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the University of Arizona."

Subject

• Mt. Hopkins Observatory
• Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory
• Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," February 1978.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: February 1978, Image No. 94-2872

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1977
• September 1977

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

• Observatories
• Astronomical observatories

Place

Arizona

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [94-2872]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 5 x 3.5;

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