Tuesday, June 29, 2010

142 Years Ago Today

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George Ellery Hale was born 142 years ago today. Why not celebrate by watching The Journey to Palomar ? Thanks to Palomar Observatory docen...

Modeling the 200-inch Telescope

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I am a big fan of model telescopes. If you are also enamored with them be sure to check out the August 2010 issue of Sky & Telescope m...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Partial Lunar Eclipse, June 26, 2010

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Here are a few pics I shot this morning of the partial lunar eclipse with a digital SLR camera on a tripod. Partial eclipses can be...
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Bee Careful

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Here is the reason my eclipse pictures have not yet been posted. This swarm of bees, in an oak tree at Palomar Observatory, is directly abov...
Friday, June 25, 2010

Partial Lunar Eclipse Saturday Morning

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Early tomorrow (Saturday) morning the moon with move into Earth's shadow producing a partial lunar eclipse. The times for those of us o...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Odyssey of the Giant Eye

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Jeff Smith of the San Diego Reader just finished a two part article on the 1947 job that Belyea Truck company did in moving of Palomar'...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

A Dark Skies Video from McDonald Observatory

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Check out the new video below from McDonald Observatory: Here is a direct link to the video on YouTube . McDonald Observatory will also be b...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

New Displays at the Observatory

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Back in December I posted about The Known Universe , a new video from the American Museum of Natural History. It is part of a series of vid...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week - June 21, 2010

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This may look like beginnings of Stonehenge or some other ancient stone-age calendar but it is actually the footings for the dome of the 20...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Astrophoto Friday - Milky Way over Palomar

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It is Astrophoto Friday. Today instead of a photo taken with one of the Palomar telescopes, it is time to see the sky from Palomar. The Milk...