Sandia Base Telescope
Collection
Albuquerque Public Schools
Dateca. 1965
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 15/16 × 8 15/16 in. (17.7 × 22.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Albuquerque Public Schools
Object numberPA1997.046.759
DescriptionOn the left, Dan Fenstermaker, an astronomer, speaks with two women and a man at Sandia Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are standing next to a 24" Newtonian Telescope inside a large observatory. Fenstermaker is wearing a dark suit with a dark tie and looking toward the three people standing by the telescope. A woman in a white dress stands beside another woman in a plaid dress and a man in a light-colored suit who is wearing sunglasses. Other instruments are on tables in the back of the room.On View
Not on view
ca. 1940
