Saturday, September 27, 2008

Through the Looking Glass

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It looks like we had a successful test of the aluminizing system for the 200-inch mirror on Friday. The chamber wont be opened for a while y...
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Man the Pumps! In 3D

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Man the Pumps! Then grab your 3D glasses because here is a 3D photo of the vacuum pumps that work with the aluminizing chamber for the Hale...

News & Events

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Lots of things going on these days. The November issue of Sky & Telescope magazine just hit my mailbox. Of possible interest to the rea...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Hale Telescope

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No caption, just the view yesterday afternoon.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008

SWIFT Uncrated

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SWIFT, the new instrument from Oxford, England arrived last week and today it was safely unpacked. All seems to have survived the transit ...

Practice Makes Perfect

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In November we will be pulling the 200-inch mirror out of the Hale Telescope and re-coat the surface with a new layer of aluminum. We do thi...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Hale Telescope Shakedown

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Every once in a while you need to give your telescope a shakedown just to make sure that everything is exactly the way you want it and that ...
Saturday, September 20, 2008

Palomar in Science Fiction - I

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Thanks to Palomar Skies reader George S. for pointing out to me that the Palomar Observatory was featured in Rocketship X-M , a SciFi movie...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

Number of Dwarf Planets Climbs to Five

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Can you name all five dwarf planets? This week the International Astronomical Union announced the naming of the fifth one. Haumea (pronoun...
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Palomar College Helps to Save the Stars

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The Palomar Observatory would like to thank the good folks at Palomar College for a recent improvement to the outdoor lighting at their Esc...
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