Lick Observatory
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[edit] Historic photos
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[edit] Historic American Buildings Survey
 Partial view of west front, looking south |
 West entrance |
 Observatory south tower, looking southwest |
 Observatory north tower, looking northeast |
 Detail, observatory south tower |
[edit] Present day views
- The observatory peak, main building
 The observatory from Grant Ranch |
 Main building as viewed from the 120-inch reflector site |
 A dormitory building |
 Original seismographic record of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake on display |
 Night view of Lick Observatory from Grant County Park showing open dome with telescope, stars track across sky in long exposure |
- 120-inch 'Shane' reflector
 The primary 3 meter (120 inch) mirror is inside the yellow ring at the base of the tube |
 A scheme illustrating the 3 mirrors and the foci of the Shane reflector |
