Palomar Observatory
A facility built with funds from the Carnegie Institution of Washington
and the California Institute of Technology to house the 5-meter (200-inch)
Hale Telescope. Work on the observatory
began in 1934 but was not completed until after World War II; the Hale Telescope
itself was inaugurated in 1948. Palomar Observatory is located on Palomar
Mountain, at an altitude of 1,706 m, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of San Diego,
California, and operated by the California Institute of Technology. Other
instruments at the site include a 1.5-meter (60-inch) reflector, opened
in 1970, and the 1.2-meter Oschin Schmidt Telescope, opened in 1948, which
was used for the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey.
External site
Palomar
Observatory, Caltech
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