Sunday, May 29, 2011

Memorial Day Tours on Palomar

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I don't know that you will be able to see flags and firetrucks, but it is Memorial Day weekend and we are celebrating by extending our p...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Milky Way Over Palomar

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Astronomer Iair Arcavi comes to Palomar Observatory to use the Hale Telescope to study supernovae as part of the Palomar Transient Factory ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2011

An Update on Robo-AO

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Last week just about everything here on Palomar Skies was related to PALM-3000 , the new upgrade to the Hale Telescope's adaptive-optic...
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Zooming in on PALM-3000

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Here are three photos that show off the PALM-3000 adaptive-optics system. The first is a wide shot of the 200-inch Hale Telescope: In this v...
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North County News Visits Palomar Observatory

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On Saturdays & Sundays guided tours of the Hale Telescope take place 3 times daily. North County News was up recently to see the action...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Another Look at Installing PALM-3000

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Here is another time-lapse movie of yesterday's installation of the PALM-3000 adaptive optics system onto the 200-inch Hale Telescope. ...

Installing PALM-3000

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Yesterday, the new upgrade to our adaptive-optics system, the PALM-3000, was first installed on the Hale Telescope. The webcam in the dome o...

Shield Your Outdoor Lights

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Here is a short video on the importance of shielding outdoor lighting: The great thing about shielding outdoor lighting as shown in the vi...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Palomar Observatory - A Timescape

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Last weekend astronomer Roger Griffith was using the 200-inch Hale Telescope to hunt for cold brown dwarfs. His observations were made to fo...

Glider Over Palomar

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On a warm day it is not unusual to see a glider spiraling over Palomar Mountain. Occasionally they come close enough to the observatory that...