Camera Used by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

ID: 82-3366

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1960

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 52, Folder 14

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Summary

A Baker-Nunn Schmidt camera used by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to observe and photograph stars and satellites. A man, likely Karl Henize, stands beside the camera gazing skyward and another man stands to the right at an instrument panel.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • South Yard

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Location of the photograph is unknown, but it is possibly taken in Pasadena, California.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 52, Folder 14

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1960

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Photography
  • Observatories
  • Astrophysics
  • Instruments
  • Equipment
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Super-Schmidt Camera
  • Astronomy
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Photography--Equipment and supplies

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object
  • Person, candid

ID Number

82-3366

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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