Saturday, March 29, 2008

Pushing the limit

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Rudolph Minkowski, after a long and distinguished career in astronomy, had his last night of observing on Palomar's 200-inch Hale Teles...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Lights Out!

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Be sure to participate in Earth Hour Saturday, March 29. From 8:00 to 9:00 p.m everyone is being asked to turn out their lights for the ho...

Catching Up

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Here are a number of Palomar anniversaries that I let slip past me while I was on vacation last week. March 22, 1955 — Discovery of comet 52...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Trainspotting

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Two years and one day after the first (failed) mirror was cast ( see yesterday's post ) the second (successful) disc began its trip from...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Casting the Giant Mirror - Part I

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I have been on vacation and have missed a few important Palomar dates that I would like to commemorate. I'll have to put them off for a ...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Five Years and Counting

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As of today I have been at Caltech's Palomar Observatory for five years. It continues to be a pleasure and an honor to work at this fine...
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Honoring a Planetary Geologist

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Eight years ago yesterday NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft was re- named NEAR Shoemaker to honor the late Dr. Eug...
Sunday, March 16, 2008

Movin' On Up

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Today's San Diego Union Tribune newspaper has an article , with some eyewitness reports, on moving the 200-inch mirror back in 1947. It...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Talk is tonight

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Just a reminder, Nick Law will be talking about adaptive optics and LuckyCam (See Get Lucky below) 7 pm tonight downstairs at OPT, located...
Sunday, March 9, 2008

Get Lucky

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Last summer, the ol' 200-inch Hale Telescope obtained some of the highest-resolution visible-light images ever obtained from Earth or sp...
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