Tyrone Solar Station, Burro Mountain, NM

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Tyrone Solar Station, Burro Mountain, New Mexico

Notes

There are many photos of this area in Smithsonian Insitution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder: 8.

Summary

Outside the instrument tunnel at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Tyrone Solar Station (in use from 1938 to 1946), on Burro Mountain at Silver City, New Mexico, are solar observing instruments.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder: 8

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1940

Standard number

SIA2011-1328 and 33550-B

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Exterior

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Astrophysics

Burro Mountain, New Mexico

Instruments

Mountains--New Mexico

Observing (field) stations

Observatories

Solar collectors

Solar energy--Research

Solar observing stations

Solar Research

Solar station

New Mexico

Astronomy

Scientific apparatus and instruments

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_5580