Using the Fitz telescope, Detroit Observatory, 2015 / HS14631
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- Title
- Using the Fitz telescope, Detroit Observatory, 2015
- Date
- 2015
- Collection Title
- Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan) records
- Collection Creator
- University of Michigan. Detroit Observatory.
- Folder / Container / Volume
- Shared Drive - Detroit Observatory - DObs Recent Images
- Photographer / Artist
- Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography
- Notes
- Richard Harrison Bull, architect. Building completed in the summer of 1854. Residence wing for the director added in 1868, expanded in 1905-1906, and finally removed to facilitate the enlargement of Couzens Hall in 1954. East wing, with a larger dome and a more powerful telescope, begun in 1908 and completed in 1909; torn down in 1976. Named "The Detroit Observatory of the University of Michigan" until 1931 when it was changed to "The Observatory of the University of Michigan." In 1999, the name was officially changed to "The University of Michigan Detroit Observatory."
- Image used on the Observatory web portal.
- Subjects
- Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan)
- Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Interiors--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Telescopes--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Item Number
- HS14631
- Scan Source
- digital image
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2017-09-15 13:37:41
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- 7360 x 4912
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- 2 MB
- Record
- HS14631
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-hs14631/hs14631
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