Dome for the 36 inch refractor

The 36 inch refractor

Instrumentation end of the 36 inch refractor

 Some of the buildings. The 36 inch dome is to the left.

There are many domes at Lick!

Dome for the Shane 3 m telescope

One of the two "phone booths" use to spot planes when the laser is on

Upper end of the Shane 3 m

Lower end of the Shane 3 m

20" Twin Astrograph

Facing southwest, across the New Dorm (the astronomer's sleeping accommodations), then halfway up the hill is the dome of the 22" Tachmann Reflector, then up to the Visitor's Center, with the 36" refractor dome most prominent at the top left

The Crocker Dome, home of the Vulcan Camera Project (a photometric search for extrasolar planets)

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