Nicholas U. Mayall
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Nicholas Ulrich Mayall was an American observational astronomer. After obtaining his doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, Mayall worked at the Lick Observatory, where he remained from 1934 to 1960, except for a brief period at MIT's Radiation Laboratory during World War II.
The Lick Observatory at night.
The main Lick Observatory building and the South (large) Dome that houses the south telescope
The 120-inch (3.0 m) Lick telescope, with the dome open for maintenance
Lick Observatory
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States. The observatory is managed by the University of California Observatories, with headquarters on the University of California, Santa Cruz campus, where its scientific staff moved in the mid-1960s. It is named after James Lick.
The James Lick telescope, housed in the South (large) Dome of main building
Layout of the Lick Observatory. The dome housing the 91-centimeter (36-inch) Great Lick refractor telescope is on the right.
Lick Observatory in 1900
The Great Lick 91-centimeter (36-inch) refractor, in an 1889 engraving