Palomar Skies

Palomar Skies a blog with news and information about the Palomar Observatory. Postings here will cover current research, history and public outreach events taking place at the observatory.

Showing posts with label trading cards. Show all posts

Showing posts with label trading cards. Show all posts

Saturday, April 2, 2011

A Visit to Corning, NY

I gave an invited talk about Palomar Observatory to an audience at the Corning Museum of Glass . It was an important presentation for me as ...

Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Scoop on Palomar

In 1954 the trading card company Topps issued a series of cards called Scoops . The series featured 156 cards with artwork on the front and ...

Friday, October 2, 2009

The Hale Telescope: A Modern Wonder

Here is another trading card featuring the Hale Telescope. This one comes from the Comet Sweets Modern Wonders set issued in 1961. I don...

Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Hale Telescope is Topps

Here is the 200-inch telescope as depicted from the Topps Space Cards series of trading cards issued back in 1957 I just love the way the g...

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