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17 Μαΐ 2024 · On the left in the Star Trek photo is the Andromeda Galaxy (2.5 million light-years away), as seen by Palomar’s 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope in 1958, and on the right is the Ring Nebula (2,000 light-years away), as seen by the 200-inch Hale Telescope also in 1958 (see inset).
The image, which shows a billowing nebula dotted with stars, marked the start of what was to be the world's largest effective optical telescope for the next 44 years, until the W. M. Keck Observatory opened on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi in 1993.
1 Οκτ 1998 · For twenty years, from 1928 to 1948, the building of the 200-inch telescope on Palomar Mountain captured the imaginations of America. 1 Never before, and perhaps never again, would such widespread attention be devoted to a scientific instrument with such benign aims.
5 Μαρ 2021 · Virtual Tour. This bilingual, high-resolution tour embeds relevant information, images, and video of the 60-inch telescope. We recommend viewing the virtual tour on a desktop or laptop in fullscreen mode using the icon in the control bar.
Palomar Observatory near San Diego, California, is a center of astronomical research owned and operated by Caltech. The Observatory is home to three active research telescopes: the 200-inch (5.1-meter) Hale Telescope, the 48-inch (1.2-meter) Samuel Oschin Telescope, and the 60-inch (1.5-meter) telescope.
Visitors can take self-guided tours of the 200-inch telescope daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The observatory is open 7 days a week, year round, except for December 24 and 25 and during times of inclement weather.
24 Σεπ 2018 · The 360-degree tour will be featured in the Palomar Observatory museum near San Diego, and online at the Palomar Observatory website. This virtual tour and a similar virtual tour of the 200-inch Hale Telescope have been developed to let mobility-impaired people and those who live far from the observatory digitally visit the historic telescope ...
