Lick Observatory

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Historic photos[edit]

  • Lick Observatory.JPG
  • Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal-LCCN2008678174.jpg
  • Exterior view of Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California, ca.1904-1909 (CHS-3939).jpg
  • PSM V58 D030 Triphid nebula photgraphed by the lick observatory.png
  • PSM V58 D028 Spiral nebula m 51 by the lick observatory 1900.png

Historic American Buildings Survey[edit]

  • Partial view of west front, looking south

  • West entrance

  • Observatory south tower, looking southwest

  • Observatory north tower, looking northeast

  • Detail, observatory south tower

Present day views[edit]

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

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