Thursday, April 28, 2011

My Favorite 20-ton Piece of Glass

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The folks over at the Corning Museum of Glass are asking people to vote for their favorite piece of glass in their collection. Can you gu...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Dome Shadow

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Here is the shadow of the dome of the Hale Telescope as it looked late yesterday afternoon. The dome of the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope ...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Robo-AO is Moving Forward

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The Robo-AO team is back on Palomar for another week of testing new equipment on our 60-inch telescope. I have blogged about Robo-AO befor...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Corning Talk Now Online

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For any who might be interested, the talk I gave last month at the Corning Museum of Glass is now posted to their website as an MP4 video...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Tonight's Atlas V Launch

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Palomar Observatory is a great place to study the universe. It is also occasionally a very nice place to watch rocket launches. Tonight it...
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The Edge of Night

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Here is how the dome and the Moon looked just after sunset. It looks like we will have a good night tonight as the Hale Telescope is used to...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

No Tours This Coming Sunday

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Alas, we will be unable to offer our guided tours of the 200-inch Hale Telescope on Sunday, April 17. Tours for Saturday, April 16 (held at...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Another Palomar Panorama

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Here is a view of the dome of the Hale Telescope that was taken yesterday morning from up on the observatory's water tower. The photo wa...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Observatory Open

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Sorry I didn't get this posted earlier, but the observatory is open to the public again and back on its regular non-winter visiting hour...
Friday, April 8, 2011

Observatory Closed

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Winter weather conditions will keep Palomar Observatory closed to the public today through this weekend.