Aerial view of Boyden Station of Harvard College Observatory in South Africa

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., Credit Line: AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Shapley Collection, Physics Today Collection
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.
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