Clark Telescope

a_0098.tif

Dublin Core

Title

Clark Telescope

Subject

Pluto; Planet X; Astronomy; Planetary Discovery; Lowell Observatory; Lampland, Carl O.; Clark Telescope; Flagstaff, Arizona.

Description

Photo of Carl Lampland with the Clark Telescope ca. 1947. Percival Lowell commissioned Alvan Clark & Sons from his home state of Massachusetts to build the twenty-four inch telescope in 1896 for his study of Mars. The telescope was later used in the early search for Pluto.

Creator

McClain, Jerry.

Date

1947.

Rights

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Format

Color photograph

Type

Image

Identifier

Pluto Collection. a_0098.tiff