Solar Observation Station at Mt. Montezuma, Chile

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Summary

At the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at Mt. Montezuma, Chile, cave observatory and solar observation instruments are used in the study of the sun. A man using a solar observation instrument stands outside the cave.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 26

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1920

Standard number

736B or MAH-736B

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Exterior

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Chile

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Observatories

Mountains--Chile

Mt. Montezuma, Chile

Smithsonian Solar Observing Station

Observing (field) stations

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory--Field stations

Instruments

Solar collectors

Astronomers

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Solar Research

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10747