Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Big Eye: Back on the Sky

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With the Hale Telescope mirror support engineering has finished, astronomical research with the 200-inch resumes tonight! On tap tonight an...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Astrophoto Friday: Helix Nebula

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It is Astrophoto Friday again. Today we have a vintage shot from the 200-inch telescope. NGC 7293, the Helix Nebula This image was captured...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

In Other News . . . .

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Here are some links for your Thursday. An article on the PALM-3000 adaptive optics system coming to the Hale Telescope next year. Some info...

Back on Sky

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The major work on the Hale Telescope's mirror supports was completed late last week. The telescope and dome a needed few days to cool d...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week - February 22, 2010

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Recently a wonderful cache of old photos was discovered at Palomar. Virtually every image has a date and some accompanying text to go with...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Observatory Open Again

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The winter weather has passed (although there fog in the area) and the observatory is open to the public again.
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Observatory Closed to Public Today

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Winter weather and hazardous road conditions will keep the observatory closed today.
Friday, February 19, 2010

Astrophoto Friday: Globular Star Cluster M3 in Infrared

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Note: See the update to this post added at the end. The image above shows the globular star cluster known as M3. The cluster is made up of s...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Mirror Support Update

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I have been remiss by not updating on the big mirror support engineering run which has been going on since January 25. I am happy to report ...
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Model Railroading, Palomar Style

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Next time you are visiting Palomar Observatory, be sure to stop in the visitor center to see this: It is a 1/24th scale model of the railway...
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