Object Details
- Creator
- Williams, J. T
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
- Mt. Hopkins Observatory
- Multiple Mirror Telescope Observatory
- Also known as SIA2011-0726.
- Featured in the "Torch," September 1977.
- Summary
- Caption from Torch: "The MMT facility high atop Mt. Hopkins now sports a new outer skin of metal siding, with the last portion of the installation completed by Smithsonian personnel in June. During May, the concrete floors of the building were poured. The next major milestone in construction of the joint SAO-University of Arizona project will be installation of the optical support system this summer. The MMT concept is apparently becoming the wave of the future in large telescope design. In April, the Kitt Peak National Observatory announced that work had begun on studies for a 25-meter (1,000-inch) version of the pioneering Smithsonian-Arizona telescope."
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: September 1977, Image No. 94-2869
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1977
- Local number
- SIA RU000371 [94-2869]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at [email protected]
- No Known Copyright
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Physical description
- Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;
- Place
- Arizona
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Observatories
- Astronomical observatories
- Record ID
- siris_arc_397457
