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Mount Wilson Observatory

LC control no.n 82051171
Corporate name headingMount Wilson Observatory
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Variant(s)Carnegie Institution of Washington. Mount Wilson Observatory
Mt. Wilson Observatory
See alsoMount Wilson and Palomar Observatories
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Mount Wilson Solar Observatory
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Found inNUCMC data from Rice Univ. Libr. for American Defense Group. Records, 1941-1944 (Mt. Wilson Observatory)
LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: Mount Wilson Observatory; Solar Observatory, Mount Wilson, Calif., est. in 1904; name changed to Mount Wilson Solar Observatory in 1908 and to Mount Wilson Observatory in 1919; Palomar Observatory, planned since 1928, was dedicated on June 3, 1948; earlier on Apr. 1, 1948, a plan became effective for the joint operation of the two observatories under the name Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories; under dir. of Cagnegie Institution of Washington)