Mt. Hamilton and Lick Observatory
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- Special Pages
Home Pages, starting points, Help and About pages
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The XPLORE Home Page at www.irving.org
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The XPLORE Page at UCO/Lick Observatory
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The Lick Observatory Tour: Starting at the Entrance to the Main Building
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The Lick Observatory Tour: Starting in the valley
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The XPLORE Help Page
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The XPLORE About Page for the Lick Observatory Tour
- "More Info" Pages
Articles providing more information about a location
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More Info about Reverend Laurentine Hamilton
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More Info about James Lick
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More Info about Lick Observatory
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More Info about the historic Lick 36-inch Refractor
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More Info about the Nickel Telescope
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More Info about the Shane Telescope
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More Info about the Lick Observatory Gift Shop
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More Info about the lookout tower and Copernicus Peak (under contruction)
- Locations
All the places you can go to in the XPLORE Tour
- Highway 130 from San Jose to Copernicus Peak:
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At Quimby Road
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Just above Grant Park
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At Mile 19
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At one of the Sharp Cutbacks
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Just below the observatory
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At the Main Junction on the Observatory grounds
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At the Maintenance Building
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At the Shane Telescope Access Road
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Just below the Shane Telescope
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Just above the Shane Telescope
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Halfway between Shane and the Lookout Tower
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Just below the Lookout Tower
- Main Observatory Access Road:
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Half-way Up
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At the Sharp Bend
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Parking Lot in Front of the Main Entrance
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Parking Lot at the North End
- Main Observatory Hallways and Gift Shop:
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Main Entryway
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South Hallway in Front of the Lecture Hall
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South Hallway at the Historic 36 inch Lick Telescope
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North Hallway in front of the Gift Shop
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Inside the Gift Shop
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North Hallway at the 40 inch Nickel Telescope
- The Laurentine Hamilton Courtyard:
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Just ouside the doorway
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The Laurentine Hamilton Monument
- The James Lick Telescope and Tomb:
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Entryway into the dome
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Control Desk
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Top level balcony
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Spiral Staircase
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James Lick Tomb
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Floor motion photo sequence
- The Anna B. Nickel Telescope:
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The Nickel Telescope
- The C. Donald Shane Telescope:
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Along the access road
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In front of the Telescope Building
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Visitors' Area
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Control Room
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Telescope Floor Level
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Telescope Second Level
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Telescope Top Level
- The Maintenance Building:
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The Maintenance Office
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The Maintenance Shop
- Copernicus Peak Lookout Tower:
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Standing at the Base of the Lookout Tower
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Top of the Bay Area Standing on the Lookout Tower
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