360° Panoramas of the San Francisco Bay Area
The University of California's Lick Observatory
Summit of Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose, California




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A lookout west towards the Santa Clara Valley from the main observatory building

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The grand entrance foyer to the "palace of science", Lick Observatory, University of California

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The Great Lick Refractor, at 36 inches diameter the second largest telescope of this kind in existence

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On the catwalk in the dome built specifically for the 36-inch Great Lick Refractor telescope

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Looking east from the main building to residential buildings and observatory domes

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A row of observatory domes follow the summit ridge of Mount Hamilton

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The Shane 120-inch reflector telescope at the University of California's Lick Observatory

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The massive horseshoe-shaped support for the 120-inch Shane reflector telescope, once second largest in the world

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The aluminum mirror finish on telescope mirrors is peridoically re-applied in this chamber

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