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Astronomy -- Observatories -- Ecuador -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell, August 4, 1999, Interview 1, 1999 August 4, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0685
Abstract

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Dates: 1999 August 4; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell, September 3, 1999, Interview 2, 1999 September 3, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0688
Abstract

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Dates: 1999 September 3; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell, September 28, 1999, Interview 3, 1999 September 28, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0690
Abstract

Interview with Arthur Scott Murrell on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Murrell talks about working for the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University and several telescope installations that he worked on with Tombaugh in the 1950s and 1960s, including one in Quito, Ecuador in 1957 and at New Mexico State University in the mid 1960s.

Dates: 1999 September 28; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Jimmy Robinson, March 20, 2001, Tape 1, Side B, 2001 March 20, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0693
Abstract

Interview with astronomer Jimmy Robinson on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Robinson talks about working with Tombaugh during the 1950s to set up an observatory near Quito, Ecuador to conduct near Earth satellite observations. Later he discusses working with Tombaugh, Brad Smith and Scott Murrell on planetary observations in Las Cruces, New Mexico during the 1960s.

Dates: 2001 March 20; Digitization: 2006 May 16

Interview with Jimmy Robinson, March 20, 2001, Tape 2, 2001 March 20, 2006 May 16

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Identifier: NMSUrgt0694
Abstract

Interview with astronomer Jimmy Robinson on his relationship with astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto. Robinson talks about working with Tombaugh during the 1950s to set up an observatory near Quito, Ecuador to conduct near Earth satellite observations. Later he discusses working with Tombaugh, Brad Smith and Scott Murrell on planetary observations in Las Cruces, New Mexico during the 1960s.

Dates: 2001 March 20; Digitization: 2006 May 16