Friday, December 10, 2010

Hale Halo

From earlier this week:



Ice crystal clouds forming a halo behind the dome of the 200-inch Hale Telescope. The clouds parted enough to allow for over 12 hours of observing that night in the study of distant frozen worlds in outer solar system in a region known as the Kuiper Belt.

1 comment:

Palomar Observatory said...

Nice site you have there, Santo.