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Title

Yerkes Observatory

Description

The 40-inch refracting telescope at the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago.

Subject

  • Yerkes Observatory
  • Observatory (ground-based)
  • Telescope

Credits

University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center, apf2-08762

Type

Photographic

Associated Lesson

X-Ray Tools

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