Saturday, October 9, 2010

More Robo-AO Laser Pictures

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As promised here are a couple of photos of the recent laser tests on the Palomar 60-inch telescope for the Robo-AO project. The first pict...

LCROSS Impact Anniversary

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Today marks the one year anniversary of the impact of the LCROSS spacecraft into the Moon. Palomar Observatory observed the event with the...
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Friday, October 8, 2010

Palomar Owl

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Last month, just before sunrise after the first successful laser test for the 60-inch telescope's Robo-AO system, Christoph Baranec (Ro...

Astrophoto Friday - the Blackeye Galaxy

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This week's astrophoto is of the Blackeye Galaxy, also known as M64 . M64 is spiral galaxy located about 19 million light years distant...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week: October 4, 2010

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Sixty three years ago this week Caltech announced that the job of polishing the 200-inch mirror had been completed. The lead optician on the...
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Astrophoto Friday - the Milky Way & Light Pollution

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You may recall that back in August I posted a photo of the Perseid Meteor Shower over Palomar's Hale Telescope taken by astronomer Iair...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Robo-AO Comes to Palomar

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Robo-AO , a new laser-guide star adaptive optics system for Palomar's 60-inch telescope, had a successful test of their laser last weeke...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

Palomar History Photo of the Week - September 27, 2010

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Here is the 200-inch disc in the optical shot at Caltech on January 3, 1938*. That is a 104-inch grinding tool sitting on the huge Pyrex di...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Minotaur Launch

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Check out this photo of last night's Minotaur IV launch : It was a beautiful display that was captured nicely with this 119-second expos...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Astrophoto Friday - The UFO Galaxy

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As of their last web update the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) has so far discovered 752 supernovae. The heart of the PTF survey is Paloma...