Wednesday, August 27, 2008

60-inch Telescope in 3D

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If you have got a pair of those red-blue 3D glasses lying around you might enjoy this anaglyph image of the Palomar 60-inch telescope.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

60-inch Aluminizing - the Conclusion

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When I left off last week I had described the process of how we took Palomar's 60-inch mirror out of its telescope, transported it from ...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Two Up Coming Events on Palomar

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On Saturday, August 30th the Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department (PMVFD) will hold it annual fundraising barbecue. Several members of...

Keep on Truckin'

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Back in early July I posted this photo and promised to explain the story behind it. Sorry for not getting around to it until now. If you ma...
Friday, August 22, 2008

60-inch Aluminizing, part III

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Continuing from part II . . . . The mirror is rinsed and then soaped. For washing the mirror we use sea sponges that have been treated to r...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

60-inch Aluminizing, part II

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The second day of the project began as the mirror was carefully lifted onto a truck, covered and then driven slowly (5 mph) to the dome of t...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

60-inch Aluminizing

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This week we are re-aluminizing the mirror for our 60-inch telescope . As you'll see below telescope mirrors can get dirty over time. Ev...

The Difference Engine

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The good folks over at the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network do some cool stuff with the images that come out of the...
Saturday, August 16, 2008

The Journey to Palomar

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The trailer for The Journey to Palomar , to be broadcast on PBS on November 10, is available below. Check out the trailer and mark the date...

Return to Palomar

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A few months ago I had the pleasure of meeting Robert Gandolfi and his wife Bobbi. Back in 1968-69 Robert was here on Palomar, working for W...