Up Lick observatory tour Slideshow

C0051_0001 Gert, Roland, and others meeting in parking lot
C0051_0004 Sue and I ate with Chuck and his wife Joy
C0051_0005 Panorama showing hills and some observatory buildings
C0051_0007 Paul Lynam was our main tour guide
C0051_0008 Picture of original observatory from the Shane telescope area
C0051_0010 Many people on the road up to the Shane telescope
C0051_0011 One of the older domes
C0051_0012 Entrance to the Shane scope. We walked around the dome on that narrow walkway
C0051_0013 The Shane 3m telescope
C0051_0014 Instruments at the base of the scope
C0051_0015 Paul talks to the tour group
C0051_0019 The dome has been opened
C0051_0020 Panorama showing observatory buildings and nice sunset
C0051_0021 Nice sunset
C0051_0022 Not everything is in good repair
C0051_0023 Sunset (rather too dark)
C0051_0027 The Great Lick 36 inch refractor
C0051_0028 Nice shot captures both the scope and the tour group
C0051_0029 Patrick steered the scope using those pilot's wheels
C0051_0033 The main instrument panel at the base of the mount
C0051_0038 Memorial to James Lick is in the basement
C0051_0042 Movie of the Shane scope's dome opening
C0051_0044 Movie of the Lick scope's dome rotating. Shows whole scope well too

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