General views of the Observatory buildings
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Arial view 2013 (looking south)
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A first-year undergraduate class, 2011 - Image courtesy & copyright Lucie Jordanna Cohen
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The Observatory, ca. 1973 July. This image shows the Radcliffe and Wilson telescopes in their original domes.
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Arial view ca. 1980 (looking south)
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Astronomy teaching, ca. 1980; photographic plates were measured using opto-mechanical machines
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Conjunction of Venus and Mercury
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Domes by night, 2008
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General view, 2004
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General view, 2007
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General view, 2006
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'New Domes', 2008
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'New Domes', February 2007
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Radcliffe Building foyer
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Radcliffe Building foyer
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Radcliffe Building foyer
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Sunset view 2005
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The Observatory by moonlight, 2011 - Image courtesy & copyright Lucie Jordanna Cohen
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The Observatory ca. 1986 July. The Radcliffe and Allen telescopes have new domes; the small dome, made of papier mache, housed the Joynson telescope at this time.