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Showing results 1 - 12 of 14 for Astrophysics
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    See Here: 5/11/2010

    • Date: May 11, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="329" caption="Photograph of the Samuel P. Langley commemorative statue at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, in 1915, Langley was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1887-1906, and pioneer in astrophysics and aerial navigation, c. 1915, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print,

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    See Here: 11/30/2010

    • Date: November 30, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="Loyal B. Aldrich of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (1908-1955) and Astrophysicist Charles Greeley Abbot (Fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian, 1928-1944) playing tennis behind the Smithsonian Institution Building, next to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, in the South Yard, 1920, by Unidentified

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    See Here: 12/15/2010

    • Date: December 15, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="309" caption="The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory-Harvard College Observatory Radio Telescope is installed at Harvard University's George R. Agassiz Station, c. 1968 , by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 108, Box 2 1966-1971, Folder 5, Negative Number:

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    See Here: 9/1/2010

    • Date: September 1, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="418" caption="Loyal B. Aldrich (standing), who worked for the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory from 1908-1955 and was its director from 1944 to 1955, and two unidentified persons (one of whom is a woman), ride a tram up the side of Mt. Wilson, California, which served as a Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory station from 1905 to

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    See Here: 11/5/2009

    • Date: November 5, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="337" caption="Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Slide-Rule Machine, 1931, by Unknown Photographer, Photographic Print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Negative Number:24622."][/caption]

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    See Here: 11/13/2009

    • Date: November 13, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353" caption="Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Equipment Outside Smithsonian Institution Building, 1931, Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005 Box 187 Folder 12 and Record Unit 95 Box 52 Folder 14, Negative Number:9772-A."][/caption]

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    See Here: 5/26/2010

    • Date: May 26, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption=" Instruments atop the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Observing Station, Mt. St. Katherine, Egypt, The station was operational from 1933 to 1937, 1933, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7005 Box 186 Folder 5, Negative Number: 94-12576."][/caption]

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    See Here: 12/17/2009

    • Date: December 17, 2009
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="422" caption="The operation of the Baker-Nunn camera, located at the Smithsonian Station in Shiraz, Iran, is explained to Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, April 26, 1959, by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit

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    See Here: 1/26/2010

    • Date: January 26, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: A daily photo highlight from Smithsonian collections. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="412" caption="Volunteer satellite trackers in Pretoria, South Africa, for Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Moonwatch Network, one of more than 100 teams worldwide, 1965, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4

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    See Here: 2/23/2010

    • Date: February 23, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) tested fabrics for the War Department during World War II at the Miami Solar Station, Miami, Florida, c. 1940-1945, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 5, Negative Number: 38154-A."][/caption]

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    See Here: 3/15/2010

    • Date: March 15, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="The Division of Radiation and Organisms Laboratory, located in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building, a division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory dedicated to studying the effects of solar radiation on organisms. Shown here is a vacuum type thermocouples of very high sensitivity, used in

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    See Here: 12/17/2010

    • Date: December 17, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="447" caption="Loyal B. Aldrich, who worked for SAO from 1908-1956 and was its director from 1944 to 1955, and others are outside the living quarters of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory solar station established from 1920 to 1955 at Mt. Montezuma, Chile, c. 1920, by Unidentified photographer, mithsonian Institution Archives,

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