Monday, May 31, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week - May 31, 2010

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Eighty two years ago last week (May 25) the quest to build a 200-inch telescope began as the Rockefeller International Education Board app...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Congratulations to SOFIA

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Congratulations are in order to the team behind NASA's new airborne observatory SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astron...

Astrophoto Friday: A Comet and a Meteor

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Astrophoto Friday: Comet Halley and a Meteor. January 1986. Here is the press caption from when this photo was released: " This photo o...
Friday, May 21, 2010

Astrophoto Friday: The Rosette Nebula

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This week for Astrophoto Friday we have the Rosette Nebula. The Rosette Nebula is located about 5,200 light years away in the direction of t...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Mighty Palomar

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This is one of two ads that I know of from Dietzgen to feature Palomar's 200-inch Hale Telescope. It looks like this full-page ad ran va...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week - May 17, 2010

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Once again we have a pair of photos for our Palomar Observatory History Photo of the Week. Once again they again come from Lee Farnsworth . ...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Palomar Flies Its Colors

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Check out this pic of the dome of the 200-inch Hale Telescope taken yesterday: The photo was taken with an iPhone by Scott Calman, the obser...
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Astrophoto Friday: MWC 1080

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This week's Astrophoto Friday image is of the young, massive star known as MWC 1080. The image was taken with the 200-inch Hale Telescop...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Palomar Transient Factory Hits High Gear

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Last Thursday there was an Astronomer's Telegram issued about a new supernova discovered earlier that day by the Palomar Transient Fact...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week - May 10, 2010

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Sixty two years ago today it was announced that the 200-inch telescope atop Palomar Mountain would be named the Hale Telescope. In honor of ...