Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-  Search this

Mt. Hopkins Observatory  Search this

Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory  Search this

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory  Search this

United States Congress House  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Group, candid

Place:

United States

Arizona

Date:

1968

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Of a series featured in TORCH, May 1974 (in TORCH May 1974 folder, but not the newspaper). See also TORCH, August, 1968. For an amusing story about the gamma-ray collector, see TORCH, May 1974

Summary:

(Left to right) Tucson mayor James Corbitt, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Director Dr. Fred Whipple (1955-1973) and Rep. Morris K. Udall (D-AZ) stand in front of a 34-foot gamma-ray collector at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, October 23, 1968. The large surface light collector, really a mosaic of 252 polished glass mirrors, searches for sources of gamma-ray radiation in the heavens, a feat never attempted before from a ground-based observatory.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder: May 1974

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Corbitt, James  Search this

Gamma ray detectors  Search this

Gamma ray astronomy  Search this

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory--Field stations  Search this

Observing (field) stations  Search this

Observatories  Search this

Legislators  Search this

Udall, Morris  Search this

Standard number:

92-1773

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_8683