The Great Refractor at Harvard - 2014 May 5

DSC_0001.JPG 60 Garden DSC_0002.JPG Sears Tower DSC_0003.JPG Sears Tower DSC_0004.JPG
DSC_0005.JPG Lower floor: telescope pier DSC_0006.JPG Spiral staircase DSC_0054.JPG DSC_0007.JPG In the dome: Dome wheel
DSC_0009.JPG Great Refractor DSC_0010.JPG Annie Cannon's pocket calculator? 1899 calc machine DSC_0011.JPG DSC_0012.JPG Display cabinet with 1872 Henry Draper mirror
DSC_0013.JPG Display cabinet 2 with clock and transit instrument DSC_0014.JPG General view of dome DSC_0015.JPG Interior view, with slit DSC_0016.JPG The observing chair
DSC_0017.JPG Great Refractor, finder scope and balance weights DSC_0018.JPG DSC_0019.JPG DSC_0020.JPG
DSC_0021.JPG DSC_0022.JPG DSC_0023.JPG Observing chair, in crimson of course DSC_0024.JPG Harvard's Great Refractor
DSC_0025.JPG HA and Dec circles DSC_0026.JPG Old dome ball bearing DSC_0027.JPG Donor plaque DSC_0028.JPG Note John Q Adams!
DSC_0031.JPG Directors page 1 DSC_0030.JPG Directors page 2 DSC_0029.JPG Directors page 3 DSC_0032.JPG
DSC_0034.JPG Interior, with door to walkway DSC_0035.JPG Walkway to B bldg DSC_0036.JPG B bldg roof
DSC_0037.JPG Looking back at the GR DSC_0038.JPG Roof fviews DSC_0039.JPG DSC_0040.JPG
DSC_0041.JPG DSC_0042.JPG DSC_0043.JPG The GR with the radio telescope at right rear DSC_0044.JPG
DSC_0045.JPG Note the clockwork drive: this is a true steampunk telescope DSC_0046.JPG DSC_0047.JPG DSC_0048.JPG
DSC_0049.JPG DSC_0050.JPG The dome DSC_0051.JPG DSC_0052.JPG
DSC_0053.JPG DSC_0008.JPG Comic strip about Annie Cannon