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ITEM REFERENCE919
PERMANENT LINKhttps://astro.ing.iac.es/outreach/?919
TYPEOutreach event
COLLECTIONPhoto archive
TITLE30 years since WHT first light celebration
KEYWORDSWHT - telescope;Staff
DATE2017-06-22
DESCRIPTIONThe William Herschel Telescope saw first light on the 1st of June, 1987. Coinciding with this ephemeris, ING staff organised a birthday party at the Observatory. We took some group commemorative photos at the WHT and had a lunch altogether with a special cake.
CREDITDaniel Lopez.
TELESCOPEWHT
RELATED URLhttps://www.ing.iac.es//PR/wht30.html
THUMB_200
http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/wht30/daniel3ss.jpg
AVAILABLE FILESJPG (4.1M) 2915×3651 pixels
PNG (805K) 600×751 pixels
TIMESTAMP2022-02-14 12:32:19
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