Nick Mayall talking about AURA's acquiring and developing Cerro Tololo [videorecording] / recorded by W. A. Hiltner; 1987.

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Nick Mayall talking about AURA's acquiring and developing Cerro Tololo [videorecording] / recorded by W. A. Hiltner; 1987.

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Mayall discusses the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy's (AURA) development of the Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile and his tenure as director of Kitt Peak Observatory. This is a home video made by W. A. Hiltner mostly at Mayall's home in Tucson, Arizona.

1 videocassette (80 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

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Mayall, N. U. (Nicholas Ulrich), 1906-1993

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Astronomer. Astronomer, Lick Observatory, 1945-1960; director, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1960-1971. From the description of Nick Mayall talking about AURA's acquiring and developing Cerro Tololo [videorecording] / recorded by W. A. Hiltner; 1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82211153 ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory

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Hiltner, W. A. (William Albert), 1914-....

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Astronomer, professor of astronomy at the University of Chicago, later at the University of Michigan. From the description of William A. Hiltner papers, 1942-1991. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 80618779 From the description of William A. Hiltner papers, 1958-1991. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422649 William A. Hiltner was born in North Creek, Ohio on August 27, 1914. He received a B.S. in math and physics from the Univ...

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

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Records of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Tucson, Arizona. From the description of Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy records, 1953-1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423049 The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) was formed in 1957 by eight universities, including the University of Michigan, for purposes of building and administering the national astronomical observatory....