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| Boyden Observatory Photo Gallery: Aerial Photographs |
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Aerial View of Boyden Observatory with the dome
for the Rockefeller 60-inch telescope still under construction.
Source: Received from the friends of Boyden.The photo is dated "1932". The camera is pointing approximately eastwards, thus the photo was taken late afternoon with the shadows south-east in the Southern Hemisphere. |
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The bare koppie (hill) of Boyden with trees recently
planted. Date unknown
Source: Received from the friends of Boyden. |
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A photo taken one morning (facing south-west) in 1952,
with all the domes opened and the telescopes proudly "exposed"
for the camera. The big dome to the bottom left is the 60-inch Rockefeller
telescope. The row of telescopes from right to left starts with the
ADH telescope most noticably displayed, then the Clark 13-inch, Metcalf
10-inch hidden behind a tree, ... Behind the row of telescopes is the
administration building / library, and the Directors house. Note the
growth of the trees since the previous photograph.
Source: Received from the friends of Boyden. (Boyden Archives 2) |
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A high altitude photo. Date unknown.
Source: Received from the friends of Boyden. (Boyden Archives 9) |
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A more recent photo of Boyden, circa 2005. The building
nearest to the camera is the Astronomers house with the red roof, then
the library, the row of buildings housing the smaller telescopes and
the dome of the 60-inch telescope to the right. The top left of the
photo shows most of the new developments. The ADH building (green roof)
has been converted to an educational centre, with an indoor auditorium
/ open air pavillion next to it. To the left of the auditorium is the
skywatcher robotic telescope building. A row of buildings to the far
top left include the Nishimura building (silver), the celeostat building
and the local Astronomy Society clubhouse.
Source: Received from the friends of Boyden. |
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