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	Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palomar Observatory Home of the 200-inch Hale Telescope, Palomar Observatory is located on Palomar Mountain, halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego.
		Palomar Observatory The first 200-inch ever built is alive and well in California.
		Established 1912, the observatory is a working observatory, open to the public, and operated for science education.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Palomar_Observatory_Sky_Survey.html (290 words)

	Mount Palomar observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palomar Observatory is a privately-owned observatory located in San Diego County, California,90 miles southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain.
		The observatory currently consists of fourmain instruments: the 200- inch Hale Telescope, the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope, the18-inch Schmidt telescope, and a 60-inch reflecting telescope.
		The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS), sponsored by the National Geographic institute, was completed in 1958 (The firstplates were shot in November 1948 to and the last in April 1958).
	www.therfcc.org /mount-palomar-observatory-33819.html (531 words)

	Mount Palomar Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		Mount Washington Observatory A non-profit scientific institution that maintains a permanently staffed observatory on the summit.
		Mount Tuffley Observatory An amateur astronomer from the city with his own observatory.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Mount_Palomar_Observatory.html (326 words)

	Palomar Observatory
		Palomar Observatory is a privately-owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, 90 miles southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain.
		The observatory currently consists of four main instruments: the 200-inch Hale Telescope, the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope, the 18-inch Schmidt telescope, and a 60-inch reflecting telescope.
		This program makes use of the Palomar QUEST Variability survey [1] that began in the autumn of 2001 to map a band of sky around the equator.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/palomar_observatory (605 words)

	National Park Service: Astronomy and Astrophysics (Palomar 48-inch Oschin (Schmidt) Telescope)
		The 48-inch Schmidt telescope (Oschin telescope) at the Palomar Observatory is a standard Schmidt camera telescope using both lenses and mirrors to create a wide field of view for photographing large sections of the sky at one time.
		The mirror and its cells are mounted at the lower end of the tube and are kept at a constant distance from the focal surface, regardless of temperature fluctuations, by means of three floating metal alloy rods.
		The Palomar sky survey is the standard reference atlas for deep sky observation and provides a base line with which to measure changes in deep sky observation targets in future surveys.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4f.htm (1472 words)

	Mount Palomar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mount Palomar ist ein 1706 Meter hoher Berg ca.
		Doch ist "Mount Palomar" weiterhin das Teleskop mit äquatorialer Montierung.
		Palomar, Israelische Sicherungsanlagen, Israelische Mauer, Halbgeschwister, Mount Palomar, Sekundärspiegel, Dezimal, Yellow, Wenzel II.
	de.freeglossary.com /Mount_Palomar-Observatorium (392 words)

	Mount Wilson observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Mount Wilson Solar Observatory was first fundedby the Carnegie Institution of Washington, in 1904.
		The 200-inch telescope of the Caltech-Carnegie consortium was not constructed on Mount Wilson, but on Mount Palomar, 90 miles south, in San Diego County, usinga Pyrex blank manufactured by Corning Glass works.
		Today, the activities at Mount Wilson observatory are maintained by a consortium of UCLA and USC, and include a 150-foot Solar towertelescope.
	www.therfcc.org /mount-wilson-observatory-15624.html (238 words)

	Mount Wilson Observatory
		While Hale was a student, Mount Wilson began to attract attention as a potential observatory site when E.F. Spence, a banker and former mayor of Los Angeles, promised the University of Southern California $50,000 toward the construction of a 40-inch refracting telescope, which would be the world's largest.
		Pickering said of Mount Wilson, ``I consider this the point of all others to place the largest and finest telescope in the world.'' By spring, Harvard had installed a Clark 13-inch refractor on the mountaintop.
		It was at Martin's camp on the Mount Wilson trail, on December 20, 1904, that Hale received the news that the Carnegie Board had approved his plans for the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory (the word ``Solar'' was dropped with the completion of the 100-inch telescope in 1917).
	www.mtwilson.edu /his/art/g1a1.php (2527 words)

	National Park Service: Astronomy and Astrophysics (Palomar Observatory 200-inch Reflector)
		The 200-inch Hale reflector is the principal instrument at the Palomar Observatory of the California Institute of Technology.
		The dome of the Palomar Observatory is 135 feet high and 137 feet in diameter and divided into two sections.
		The Mount Wilson 100-inch mirror, a five-ton instrument, was a midget when compared to the estimated 40 tons necessary for a 200-inch mirror.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4e.htm (2759 words)

	SDSU Astronomy Department - Mount Laguna Observatory
		The Observatory is located forty-five miles east of downtown San Diego, at an altitude of 6100 ft. (1859 meters) on the remote eastern edge of the Cleveland National Forest.
		MLO has grown to include four well-equipped telescopes, ranging in size from 16- to 40-inches (0.4- to 1.0-meters), which are used for original research by the faculty and students of both SDSU and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
		The Observatory has plans to build a 100-inch (2.5-meter) class Large Robotic Telescope for SDSU's second century, and is actively seeking private funds to start the project; a "naming-gift" opportunity is available.
	mintaka.sdsu.edu (513 words)

	Palomar Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The observatory currently consists of main instruments: the 200- inch Hale Telescope the 48-inch Samuel Oschin the 18-inch Schmidt telescope and a 60-inch telescope.
		The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) sponsored the National Geographic institute was completed in 1958 (The first plates were shot in 1948 to and the last in April 1958).
		The design and construction of the 200 inch Palomar observatory was possibly the first "big science" project of the modern era.
	www.freeglossary.com /Mount_Palomar_Observatory (967 words)

	Palomar Observatory -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The observatory currently consists of four main instruments: the 200 (A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot) inch (5.08 m) Hale Telescope, the 48 inch (1.22 m) Samuel Oschin Telescope, the 18 inch (457 mm) Schmidt telescope, and a 60 inch (1.52 m) reflecting telescope.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Palomar Observatory Sky Survey) Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS), sponsored by the (Click link for more info and facts about National Geographic) National Geographic institute, was completed in 1958 (The first plates were shot in November 1948 to and the last in April 1958).
		This program makes use of the Palomar QUEST Variability survey that began in the autumn of 2001 to map a band of sky around the equator.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/palomar_observatory.htm (711 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Palomar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palomar College is using the winter break to do some cosmetic work at its San Marcos and Escondido campuses.
		Palomar Mountain resident Richard Espinosa sued the city of Escondido in May 2001, saying a cat that lived in the library attacked his state certified...
		Eikenberry and his team were able to sharpen infrared images of LBV 1806-20 taken by the eight-foot (2.5 meter) telescope at the Palomar Observatory in...
	www.nametraq.org /Jan04/P/Palomar.shtml (2625 words)

	HPS Summit Signatures - High Point (LO)
		Palomar is first mentioned in the diseño for the John Warner's Rancho Agua Caliente (1840).
		The world famous Palomar Observatory, with its 200 inch reflecting telescope was planned by George Ellery Hale (1868-1938) and completed (1947).
		The summit name was changed by the BGN from Smith to Palomar because of a "petition from local residents" who preferred it to be named after the old Rancho Cañada de Palomár (1846).
	angeles.sierraclub.org /hps/signatures/31d.htm (575 words)

	Mount Wilson Observatory on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wilson Observatory was founded in 1904 by George E. Hale.
		Principal research programs that have been conducted at the observatory include studies of the structure and dimensions of the universe and the physical nature, chemical composition, and evolution of celestial bodies.
		The observatory, along with the Palomar Observatory (see under Palomar Mountain), was formerly part of the Hale Observatories, which were jointly administered by the California Institute of Technology and the Carnegie Institution.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MtW1ilson.asp (465 words)

	No. 1461: Telescopes
		Mount Wilson rim today and you'll see that telescope, along with the five-foot one, still in use.
		That mirror was to become the heart of the Mount Palomar Observatory, also in California.
		Hale died in 1938, and the Mount Palomar telescope was finally finished ten years later.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1461.htm (572 words)

	Journal of San Diego History
		A talented young astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory, Steven Smith, was given the assignment of designing an analog computer to refine the pointing of the 200-inch telescope, using a complex and unprecedented collection of three-dimensional cams and gears to correct for minute aberrations in the apparent movements of the heavens.
		The seeing on Palomar wasn't equal to the fabulous seeing on Mount Wilson, which benefited from the unusual atmospheric inversion in the Los Angeles basin, but by the early 1930s, with the lights of Los Angeles already a problem for the telescopes on Mount Wilson, the remoteness of Palomar had become an advantage.
		Parts of the telescope mounting moved too easily, introducing vibrations which had to be dampened by adding devices to increase the friction of the mount.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/98fall/palomar.htm (6930 words)

	Edwin Hubble, by his inspired use of the largest telescope of his time, the 100 inch reflector on the Mount Wilson ...
		While finishing work for his doctorate early in l9l7, Hubble was invited to join the staff of the Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena, California, but turned it down to enlist in the infantry.
		Hubble worked at the Mount Wilson Observatory until the summer of 1942, when he left to do war work at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.
		Hubble continued his research at Mount Wilson and Palomar until his death from a cerebral thrombosis on September 28, l953.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/HUBBLE/DI177.htm (447 words)

	Mount Palomar-Observatorium Informationen bei Lexlkon.de (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Doch ist "Mount Palomar" weiterhin das größte Teleskop mit äquatorial Montierung.
		Durch den 2,5-Meter Hale-Spiegel auf dem Mount Wilson war die Astrophysik wesentlich weiterentwickelt worden - unter anderem durch die Entdeckung von Einzelsternen im Andromedanebel.
		Neben dem 5-Meter-Spiegelteleskop und dem Oschin-Schmidt-Teleskop beherbergt das Mount Palomar Observatorium auch noch ein weiteres Spiegelteleskop mit einem Hauptspiegel von 1,5 Meter Durchmesser, sowie ein Schmidt-Teleskop mit einer Öffnung von 46 cm.
	www.lexlkon.de /Mount_Palomar-Observatorium.html (370 words)

	Articles - Mount Wilson Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The mounting and structure for the telescope was built in San Francisco and barely survived the 1906 earthquake.
		Another telescope, the 200-inch telescope at the Palomar Observatory, is also called the "Hale Telescope".
		The extremely steady air over Mount Wilson is well suited to interferometry, the use of multiple viewing points to increase resolution enough to allow for the direct measurement of the size of details such as star diameters.
	www.dforever.com /articles/Mount_Wilson_observatory (982 words)

	POSS II Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1990 the Palomar Observatory (California Institute of Technology) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) started the joint production of the Palomar Observatory - European Southern Observatory Atlas of the Northern Sky, also called the POSS II SURVEY.
		The Atlas is based on photographic plates obtained with the Oschin Schmidt Telescope on Mount Palomar.
		The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey II plate fall under the responsibility of the DMD.
	www.eso.org /org/dmd/pos (251 words)

	Carlsbad California Area Activity & Attractions Calendar of Events
		One popular tourist destination in the San Diego Area is a trip to Mount Palomar to tour the Mount Palomar Observatory, home to the George Hale 200-inch (5m) reflecting telescope.
		The entire telescope and mounting were installed on an "oil bearing", so that, instead of resting on a flat surface, the telescope rests suspended on a very thin later of oil.
		The grounds of the observatory are open every day, and there are walking paths and a shaded picnic area adjacent to the observatory dome.
	www.grandpacificpalisades.com /attractions/palomar_observatory.htm (678 words)

	Aurora Metropolis - 17/01/02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palomar werd gekozen omdat het een flink eind verwijderd ligt van grote steden, zodat eventuele lichtvervuiling niet zou vechten met de soms zwakke signalen uit de ruimte.
		Jammer genoeg is sinds 1948 de groei in Zuid-Californië zo sterk geweest dat de Observatory steeds meer last krijgt van de oprukkende stedelijke bebouwing.
		Mount Palomar is een van de beroemde telescopen van de wereld, beheerd door het even beroemde California Institute of Technology.
	www.lichtvervuiling.nl /02011701.html (213 words)

	GoneWest: Palomar Observatory Trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the observatory, I spent some time checking out the museum and the Hale 200" telescope which is just as impressive as I remember from visits when I was a kid.
		I wish more of the observatory grounds were open to the public, however, as there are a number of smaller telescopes and astronomical instruments that would have been interesting to see as well.
		The drive back down Mount Palomar was even more fun than the drive up.
	www.joebaldwin.com /oldblog/gonewest/2004/08/palomar_observa.html (561 words)

	Explore the Stars -- Camping Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are five campgrounds on the Palomar Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest.
		Observatory Campground, site of Explore the Stars, is located on Palomar Mountain on County Road S6, approximately two miles north of its intersection with County Road S7.
		The 2.1 mile Observatory Trail begins on the east side of the campground and ends at the Palomar Observatory parking lot.
	www.sipe.com /explore/explore06.html (559 words)

	palomar
		However this impression of a 'land time forgot' changes on a trip to Mount Palomar and the Observatory that houses the impressive 200 inch Hale Telescope.
		Visitors are welcome at the Mount Palomar Observatory which has been operated by the California Institute of Technology since its inception in 1934.
		Both the Observatory and the State Park are open all year but the mountain does get a covering of white during some winter storms.
	www.vittlesvoyages.com /palomar.html (673 words)

	Cornell Astronomy :: Palomar Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Palomar Observatory houses the giant 200 inch Hale Telescope on the summit of Mount Palomar in Southern California.
		Cornell astronomers utilize one fourth of the total observing time at Palomar to pursue their work in infrared and optical astronomy.
		A recent addition to Palomar is the SpectroCam 10, mid-infrared camera/spectrograph built by Cornell researchers.
	astrosun.tn.cornell.edu /facilities/palomar.php (63 words)

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