The 60 Foot Solar Tower Scrapbook


Watching the CHARA dome placement
Watching the CHARA dome placement
Watching the CHARA dome placement
60' tower and helicopter during CHARA dome placement
Perry Rose removing snow from tower
60' Tower and Snow Telescope photograped in 09.30.1907; view is to the South-West
Close up of 60' Tower photographed in 1907
60' Tower and Snow Telescope photographed in 11.11.1914; looking toward S-W
60' Tower and Snow Telescope photographed in 1915
60' Tower as seen looking to the East; taken 02.26.1908
Close up of 60' Tower looking to the East; taken in 1908
The second flat (right) and the second flat (at the left of photo) of the coelostat mirror design
The first flat of the coelostat mirror design located at the top of the tower
A Magneto-Optical-Filter (MOF) cell used to view the Sun in sodium-light
Bob Willson sealing off a MOF-cell after being filled with sodium, at Willson Scientific Glass
Ed Rhodes operating the beam-splitter in the observing room of the 60' Tower.
Ed Rhodes standing at the bottom of the south side of the 60' Tower.
Ed Rhodes standing behind the first-flat of the coelostat with the reflection of Bill Rudnisky in the mirror.
From left to right: Grad student, Perry Rose; undergrad student, Jon Estay; Principal Investigator, Ed Rhodes; undergrad student, Bill Rudnisky; and Head Solar Observer, Andy Grubb.

CHARA dome photos were provided courtesy of Collen Gino. Check out the rest of the CHARA Dome Placement photos


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