Camera on the Thaw Telescope

May 16, 1913

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Camera on the Thaw Telescope
  • Title
  • Camera on the Thaw Telescope
  • Creator
  • Allegheny Observatory
  • Date
  • May 16, 1913
  • Identifier
  • 6422.414.AO
  • Description
  • 3" Camera on Thaw Tube of the Thaw Memorial Telescope. At 30 inches, it is the third largest refractor in the United States. William Thaw Junior, in memory of his father (William Thaw Senior), donated the funds for its construction. The Thaw Telescope was designed and built by the Brashear Optical Company in 1912. It cost $125,000, weighs four tons and measures 47 feet in length.
  • Extent
  • 5 x 7 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Astronomical instruments
    Telescopes
    Observatories
    Allegheny Observatory
    Thaw, William, Jr.
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
    Observatory Hill (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Allegheny Observatory Records, 1850-1977
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Observatory Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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