Camera Used by Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

South Yard

Notes

Location of the photograph is unknown, but it is possibly taken in Pasadena, California.

Summary

A Baker-Nunn Schmidt camera used by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to observe and photograph stars and satellites. A man, likely Karl Henize, stands beside the camera gazing skyward and another man stands to the right at an instrument panel.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 52, Folder 14

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1960

Standard number

82-3366

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Object

Person, candid

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Instruments

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Observatories

Super-Schmidt Camera

Scientific apparatus and instruments

Astronomy

Astrophysics

Photography--Equipment and supplies

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_7550