James Lick Telescope, Lick Observatory

Nevermind James, kindly disregard those instructions. Thank you. Historic 3D image adapted for VR headset. Image from the Library of Congress. I don't think my presentation here does justice to the scale of this telescope. 3 foot diameter tube 57 feet long 75 foot dome weighing 100 tons, and that rotates of course out of view is the circular elevating floor, 61 feet in diameter, 25 tons, with a travel of about 16 or 17 feet vertically, to compensate for the difference in eyepiece height when the telescope is at different angles [The difference in floor height in photos online caused me some serious confusion when researching this. Elevator. Because of course it has to be an elevator.] this was (and i think still is?) powered hydraulically, with rainwater captured in a 30,000 gallon mountaintop reservoir. #3dvr 1s10755 Stereograph image source: Underwood & Underwood, Publisher. The wonderful universe explorer, the great 36-inch equatorial telescope, Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, California. California San Jose, ca. 1902. Arlington, N.J.: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018646181/