Saturday, August 29, 2009

Fire Threatens Mt. Wilson Observatory

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The Station Fire is apparently threatening Mt. Wilson Observatory, which has now been evacuated of all personnel. The view above was taken...

Lee A. Farnsworth, Jr.

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There are lots of names that stand out from the design and construction era here on Palomar. Often lost in their shadows are the people who...
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The Ladder

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One of the things we like to point out on tours of the 200-inch telescope is the ladder at the top of the dome. Can you see it in this shot...
Friday, August 28, 2009

Stories & Stars in Hemet, CA

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Tomorrow evening I will be giving a talk on research taking place at Palomar Observatory for Stories and Stars taking place at the Western ...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Still Inovating After All These Years

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SPIE was at Palomar a couple of weeks ago to conduct some interviews. The first one, Palomar's 200-inch telescope: still innovating af...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Value of a Good Book

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That's the cover of my copy of The Picture History of Astronomy by (now Sir) Patrick Moore. My copy was given to me for Christmas in 197...
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Palomar in Ads - III

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I have posted a few print ads here, now it is time for some video. It is a wonderful new world of Fords! From 1960 I give you the Falcon, ...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Dark Skies Podcast

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Today's podcast over at the 365 Days of Astronomy podcasts is The Scenery of the Nigh t by Chad Moore of the U.S. National Park Service....

Ride the Dome

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Here's some video that was posted to YouTube by someone who attended one of our recent evening tours run through the Ruben H. Fleet Spa...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Dwarf Planets

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Three years ago today, Pluto, Ceres and Eris were conferred Dwarf Planet Status by the I.A.U. Three (Eris, Haumea and Makemake) of the five ...