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High resolution images of the Samuel Oschin Telescope and Dome for news media


Time lapse view of the Samuel Oschin Telescope showing star trails around the north celestial pole. This photo was choosen as the HPWREN Image of the Week for February 24, 2006.
(Kardel)

Samuel Oschin Telescope at sunrise
(Kardel) Time-lapse Quicktime movie of dome rotation at sunrise (2.3 mb)

3-D anaglyph nighttime view of the Samuel Oschin Telescope. (NOTE: Red-Blue stereo glasses required)
(Kardel)

3-D anaglyph nighttime view of the Samuel Oschin Telescope's open dome. (NOTE: Red-Blue stereo glasses required)
(Kardel)

Samuel Oschin Telescope at sunset.
(Kardel)

Nighttime view of the Samuel Oschin Telescope.
(Kardel)

Samuel Oschin Telescope's 161-megapixel QUEST camera.
(Kardel)

Nighttime view of the Samuel Oschin Telescope with the constellation Orion.
(Kardel)

Nighttime view of the Samuel Oschin Telescope.
(Kardel)

The Samuel Oschin telescope, a 48-inch aperture wide-field Schmidt camera.
(Maury)

The 48-inch dome
(Danner/Hogg)

Another view of the telescope. The long tube on the bottom is the refractor finderscope used to guide the camera during long exposures
(Danner/Hogg)

Another view.
(Danner/Hogg)

Yet another view.
(Danner/Hogg)

A 3 hour slice of night.
(Maury)

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