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SERIES: OVERSIZE MATERIALS<br />

Contains drawings of telescope designs and accessory equipment, charts, maps, and<br />

miscellaneous prints and posters.<br />

Subseries: Original Astronomical Charts and Maps<br />

Contains hand drawn maps and observations of Mars, illustrations relating to Pluto and the<br />

planet search, a constellation chart with the ecliptic of Mars marked, and a poster of photographs<br />

and sketches of Comet Arend-Roland (1956h). 2 folders.<br />

Map case:Drawer Contents<br />

5:1 Comet 1956h Arend-Roland (poster), photographs and sketches by C. F. Capen<br />

Jr., Virginia Capen, and others, 1957 (101.5 cm x 76.5 cm)<br />

5:1 Ecliptic of Mars (SC1 Constellation Chart), n.d. (24 cm x 61 cm)<br />

5:1 Map of Mars by Latimer J. Wilson, 1928 (25.5 cm x 34 cm)<br />

Map of Mars by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d.<br />

5:1 Original drawings (two drawings, one incomplete), n.d. (28 cm x 43.5 cm)<br />

5:1 Printed copies (one partially hand-colored), n.d. (5 copies; 24 cm x 37.5 cm)<br />

5:1 Mars Map (hand drawn) by C. W. Tombaugh, n.d. (57 cm x 72.5 cm)<br />

5:1 Mars observations by C. F. Capen at Cloudcroft site, 1 & 15 December 1960 and<br />

5 January 1961 (3 sheets; 21.5 cm x 33 cm)<br />

5:1 "Martian diastrophism and resulting topography," n.d. (56 cm x 71.5 cm)<br />

5:1 Provisional Topographic Map of Mars - Mariner 4 Region, original pencil<br />

drawing by C. W. Tombaugh, 13 July 1965 (37 cm x 28 cm)<br />

5:1 Pluto, orbit predicted by Percival Lowell, original ink illustration, n.d. (34 cm x<br />

43 cm)<br />

5:1 "The Trans-Saturnian Planet Search, Lowell Observatory 1929-1945" (note on<br />

original cardboard folder read: "α vs δ Search Areas Shown"), n.d. (56 cm x<br />

71.5 cm)<br />

5:1 "The Trans-Saturnian Planet Search at the Lowell Observatory, 1929 to 1945<br />

(sizes of discernible bodies by distance)," n.d. (28 cm x 43 cm)<br />

Subseries: Cloudcroft Seeing Study<br />

Contains data sheets, charts, and figures of data on conditions for planetary observation at<br />

a proposed Air Force observatory site outside Cloudcroft, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. Maps of the survey site<br />

and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest are also found here. A plan for the Polaris<br />

telescope lent by Kitt Peak National Observatory is filed in the subseries Design Drawings for<br />

Telescopes and Related Equipment. One folder.<br />

Mapcase:Drawer Contents<br />

5:2 Cloud cover data sheets, 1960-1961 (13 sheets; 28 cm x 42 cm)<br />

5:2 Double stars, chart, n.d. (original and 2 copies; 28 cm x 43 cm)<br />

NMSU Library/<strong>Archives</strong> & <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Collections</strong> C. W. Tombaugh Papers / Ms0407<br />

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