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  • Title: 74" telescope, 1958
  • Description: The 74" reflector, then Australia's largest telescope, was commissioned in 1955. At this time, Dr. Richard Woolley was Mt. Stromlo's director. Soon afterwards, Dr. Woolley was named Astronomer Royal, and Dr. Bart Bok of Harvard was appointed director, the observatory becoming newly-titled as the Department of Astronomy, Australian National University.

    © Copyright Helen Bailey Bayly.
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  • Owner: Gallery Administrator
  • Dimensions: 694 x 851 px

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  • Coude spectrograph, 1957
  • 1950s: An early blueprint of the 74" reflector telescope
  • 1958 Stromlo Radiophysics Colloquium
  • 1958 Radioastronomy Conference
  • 1958: Drs. Priscilla Bok, Bart Bok (Director MSO), and Arthur Hogg (Deputy Director MSO)
  • 1958: The Boks were a frequent presence at morning and afternoon tea

74" telescope, 1958

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74" telescope, 1958 The 74" reflector, then Australia's largest telescope, was commissioned in 1955. At this time, Dr. Richard Woolley was Mt. Stromlo's director. Soon afterwards, Dr. Woolley was named Astronomer Royal, and Dr. Bart Bok of Harvard was appointed director, the observatory becoming newly-titled as the Department of Astronomy, Australian National University.
© Copyright Helen Bailey Bayly.