Saturday, January 26, 2008

The Big Eye Opens

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Fifty nine years ago today astronomer Edwin Hubble took the first photos through the 200-inch Hale Telescope. Even though the Big Eye was n...

Snow Shots

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Some more snow shots from the recent snowfall on Palomar: With beauty comes danger Several inches of snow falling from the 135-foot high dom...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

Winter Wonderland

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Winter weather has been pounding Palomar Mountain the last few days & nights. There's been just 5 hours of observing time logged o...
Monday, January 21, 2008

How Far the Stars?

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Here's the open star cluster known as M45 or the Pleiades. This image is a composite from two black and white images taken with the Pal...
Saturday, January 19, 2008

Thanks for the Memories

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Earlier this week I had the pleasure of meeting Ronald Florence, author of The Perfect Machine . It was Ronald's first return to Paloma...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Don't Stop Believing

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The career of George Ellery Hale was one of the most remarkable in all of science. His unrelenting drive and determination brought forth the...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Defending the Night

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From time to time here I'll be talking about light pollution. It is a problem not just for Palomar Observatory. Light pollution contri...
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Web Eye on the Big Eye

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You never know what you might see on the Hale Telescope's Web Cam . Yesterday offered up this impressive shot of the Big Eye. The good f...
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

2 Stars of Astronomy

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Yesterday's edition of Caltech Today reported that Caltech astronomer and former Palomar Observatory director will be named a Commander...
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Monday, January 7, 2008

Here Comes the Sun

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22 years ago (January 7, 1976) Eleanor "Glo" Helin discovered asteroid 2062 Aten with the Palomar 18-inch Schmidt. Aten was the fi...
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