Aerial view of Boyden Station of Harvard College Observatory in South Africa
Abstract/Description: | Boyden Station in 1936, soon after Shapley had arranged for the Southern Station to be moved from Peru to the Union of South Africa. The Station is near Bloemfontein, Orange Free State; at the left is the Modder River. A large cylindrical dome houses the 61" Rockefeller reflector. |
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Subject(s): | Observatories Outdoors Aerial views Bloemfontein (South Africa) Harvard College Observatory |
Date Created: | circa 1936 |
Credit Line: | AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Shapley Collection, Physics Today Collection |
Catalog ID: | Harvard College Observatory H9 |
Title: | Aerial view of Boyden Station of Harvard College Observatory in South Africa. | |
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Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | circa 1936 | |
Extent: | 1 photographic print (black and white; 8 x 10 inches) | |
Abstract/Description: | Boyden Station in 1936, soon after Shapley had arranged for the Southern Station to be moved from Peru to the Union of South Africa. The Station is near Bloemfontein, Orange Free State; at the left is the Modder River. A large cylindrical dome houses the 61" Rockefeller reflector. | |
Identifier(s): | Harvard College Observatory H9 (Catalog ID) | |
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Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Shapley Collection, Physics Today Collection |
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Subject(s): |
Observatories Outdoors Aerial views Bloemfontein (South Africa) Harvard College Observatory |
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Held by: | Niels Bohr Library & Archives | |
Copyright Holder: | American Institute of Physics | |
Related Title: | Physics Today Collection. | |
Related Title: | Shapley Collection. | |
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