Monday, January 31, 2011

Observatory Closed January 31st

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I just found out that Palomar Observatory is closed to the public today.
Monday, January 24, 2011

Palomar History Photo of the Week - Sitting Down on the Job

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A couple of weeks ago I posted photos of the mirror cell for the 200-inch telescope as it arrived in California via ship. This week's...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Robo-AO in Action

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I am hearing that the Robo-AO team has had a good week of testing here on the Palomar 60-inch telescope . Their ultraviolet (UV) laser i...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Robo-AO Returns to Palomar

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This week the Robo-AO team is back on Palomar for some tests of their laser-guide star adaptive optics system for our 60-inch telescope. I...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Palomar History Photo of the Week - Building the Horseshoe

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On January 17, 1939, seventy two years ago today, the last of the three big pieces of the 200-inch telescope's north horseshoe bearing w...
Sunday, January 16, 2011

Night Lights

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Here is something you don't see very often. The lights on inside the dome of the Hale Telescope at night. I have always liked this shot ...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Top Honors for Astronomer Richard Ellis

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Congratulations to Richard Ellis, Steele Professor of Astronomy at Caltech and former Palomar Observatory director, who was just chosen by ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mountain Medical Aid

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We would like to thank the members of the Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department and other rescue workers who responded to a medical ai...
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Monday, January 10, 2011

Palomar History Photo of the Week - Our Ship Comes In

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Let's try to catch up on our History Photo of the Week by posting a few shots from January 13, 1936 when our ship came in. Here is the N...
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Friday, January 7, 2011

Palomar Sunset - January 7, 2011

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Tonight's sunset from the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope: Click to embiggen to make it easier to spy the crescent moon at the to...