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IMAGINE A TELECOPE YOU
CAN'T SEE THROUGH! But this
48-inch Schmidt telescope is used
only to PHOTOGRAPH the
heavens. The man here is look-
ing through a small telescope to
guide the camera.
YOU'LL BE THRILLED by the sight of galaxies
star clusters like this one. The number of these
"Island universes" Is staggering. Once It was
thought that the Milky Way (our own galaxy)
was the entire universe. But now as many as a
BILLION galaxies can be photographed through
our largest telescopes!
YOU'LL "VISIT" MT. PALOMAR
OBSERVATORY and peer through
its giant 200-inch telescope. It
weighs more than 500 tons — yet
is so perfectly balanced that a tiny
1/12 H.P. motor can move it easily
IGNORANT MILLIONS WERE
TERRIFIED in 1910 at the sight
of a large luminous globe in the
sky, trailing a long shining tail
fo thousands of miles. It was
Halley's Comet, named after
famous British astronomer.
1682 he had correctly predicted
that it would appear every 76
years!
YOU GET ALL THIS FOR ONLY 10*
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IN ADDITION, if you de-
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SCIENCE PROGRAM
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Why this generous offer? Simply to introduce you to the
SCIENCE PROGRAM — a simple and exciting new way to
understand and enjoy the scientific marvels all around us.
Imagine being taken on a
"tour" of the universe, with
an astronomer as your guide!
YOU'LL DISCOVER that
stars are great fiery jewels of
every imaginable color. YOU'LL
STARE at vast cosmic clouds
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Enjoy Monthly Adventures
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window of a bathysphere. An-
other time the chemist shows
you metal that burns, gas that
pours. A biologist lets you look
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These monthly adventures
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to share the thrills of modern
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on this page.)
What It Will Mean
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Think what these adventures
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