Tyrone Solar Station, Burro Mountain, NM

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Author: Unknown
Subject: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory; Tyrone Solar Station, Burro Mountain, New Mexico

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: There are many photos of this area in Smithsonian Insitution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder: 8.
Summary: Outside the instrument tunnel at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Tyrone Solar Station (in use from 1938 to 1946), on Burro Mountain at Silver City, New Mexico, are solar observing instruments.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder: 8
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

c. 1940

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Astrophysics; Burro Mountain, New Mexico; Instruments; Mountains--New Mexico; Observing (field) stations; Observatories; Solar collectors; Solar energy--Research; Solar observing stations; Solar Research; Solar station; New Mexico; Astronomy; Scientific apparatus and instruments