January
SAO Honors Administrator, Carlton Tillinghast, Jr.
Year:
1970
Month:
september
Day:
29
Date:
Tue, 1970-09-29
SIA Image reference:
In a special ceremony held at the 7600-foot level of Mt. Hopkins, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory officially dedicates its new 60-inch reflecting telescope to the memory of the late Carlton W. Tillinghast, Jr.