b&w photograph
Very good condition with a few very small brown blotches at the top of the photo.
A male student wearing a winter jacket looks into the 41 cm telescope in the Burke-Gaffney Observatory (built in 1971). The dome is retractable to allow viewing of the chilly open sky.
From External Affairs. On reverse, '995.3' is written in black pen. '75%,' '3B', and 'Please return to Saint Mary's University Halifax (Public Relations) / Photo by R. Chiasson (1977)' are written in red pen.