Wednesday, April 30, 2008

April Skies

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The month of April is nearly done. What have astronomers been looking at with the 200-inch this month? Lots of stuff (as always). Here's...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Back Home Again

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Earlier this week I posted about a virtual model of the Hale Telescope. Let me now tell you about a real model. When I started here there ...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

America's Next Top Modeler

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Way back in December I posted ( Your Own Virtual Hale Telescope ) about how Selden Ball has created a wonderful Hale Telescope add-on for t...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Into the West

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Not much time to write today, but I have been meaning to post this photo for sometime now, so here it is: This is the view looking into the ...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Defending Your Right to See Starlight

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A year ago I had the privilege to visit the beautiful island of La Palma to attend the Starlight Conference . Can you pick me out in the cro...
Saturday, April 12, 2008

Flying Electric Trousers

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Yes, Flying Electric Trousers. Years ago astronomers actually rode inside the Hale Telescope all night long. They would sit at the top end o...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Time to Get to Work

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I mentioned the epic journey of the 200-inch mirror's trip across the country in my Trainspotting post. Seventy two years ago today, Ap...
Saturday, April 5, 2008

Clearing the Air

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Ground-based telescopes are entering into a new era with adaptive optics (AO) technology providing sharper views of the universe than ever b...
Friday, April 4, 2008

Astronomical Bandwidth

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Palomar Observatory just upgraded its data transfer rate from 45 megabits per second to 155Mbps! Data and commands shoot to and from Palomar...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Touring the Big Eye

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Two years ago yesterday marked the anniversary of the beginning our first program of Saturday tours for the general public. Now that it is A...