General views of the Observatory buildings

Arial view 2013 (looking south)

A first-year undergraduate class, 2011 - Image courtesy & copyright Lucie Jordanna Cohen

The Observatory, ca. 1973 July. This image shows the Radcliffe and Wilson telescopes in their original domes.

Arial view ca. 1980 (looking south)

Astronomy teaching, ca. 1980; photographic plates were measured using opto-mechanical machines

Conjunction of Venus and Mercury

Domes by night, 2008

General view, 2004

General view, 2007

General view, 2006


'New Domes', 2008

'New Domes', February 2007

Radcliffe Building foyer

Radcliffe Building foyer

Radcliffe Building foyer

Sunset view 2005

The Observatory by moonlight, 2011 - Image courtesy & copyright Lucie Jordanna Cohen

The Observatory ca. 1986 July. The Radcliffe and Allen telescopes have new domes; the small dome, made of papier mache, housed the Joynson telescope at this time.