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	Palomar Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS), sponsored by the National Geographic institute, was completed in 1958 (The first plates were shot in November 1948 to and the last in April 1958).
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/palomar_observatory (595 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.
		With the successful casting of this large mirror, the Palomar project, conceived by George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), and funded with a grant of $6 million by the Rockefeller Foundation, moved toward the completion of the largest reflecting telescope in the world by 1948.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky5/astro4e.htm (2759 words)

	North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County News
		PALOMAR MOUNTAIN ---- When the sky is clear of rain clouds and the pinkish-orange glow of dusk bathes the horizon, the doors of Palomar Observatory's white dome slowly spread apart.
		Palomar Observatory officials and scientists say that light pollution, long a problem, is increasingly compromising the information gathered with the observatory's telescopes.
		Palomar Mountain was chosen in the 1930s as a prime location for the 200-inch Hale Telescope precisely because of its distance from civilization.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/03/21/special_reports/science_technology/3_20_0418_09_03.txt (1309 words)

	Caltech Astronomy : Palomar Observatory
		The Palomar Observatory, located in north San Diego County California, is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology.
		The Observatory supports the research of the Caltech faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students, and the researchers at Caltech's collaborating institutions.
		Palomar Observatory, is home to the historic Hale 200-inch telescope.
	www.astro.caltech.edu /observatories/palomar (100 words)

	Palomar Observatory biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Palomar Observatory is a privately-owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain.
		The observatory currently consists of four main instruments: the 200 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 camera itself is a mosaic of 112 CCDs covering the whole (4 degree by 4 degree) field of view of the Schmidt telescope, the largest CCD mosaic used in an astronomical camera at the time.
	mt-palomar.biography.ms (569 words)

	A Day Trip to Palomar.
		Yet when one approaches the base of the observatory there is a sense of human scale brought on by the strong horizontal line of the catwalk around the outside of the dome.
		Observatory staff are busy mounting the night’s array of electronic detectors aided by a nifty little platform lift that rises from out of nowhere from the observatory floor.
		The construction of the observatory structure was started in 1936 and was completed a short two years later with help from some Cal Tech grads who helped pour the foundations.
	www.umich.edu /~lowbrows/reflections/2003/csarnecki.13.html (1657 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)

	The Palomar Globulars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like the Abell planetary nebulae, the Palomar globular clusters were discovered in the 1950s on the survey plates of the first Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS).
		Others--including Palomar 3, Palomar 4, and Palomar 14 --are giant globulars that are very far away in the extreme outer halo of the Milky Way.
		I have observed all 15 Palomar globulars with a 20" telescope.
	www.angelfire.com /id/jsredshift/palglob.htm (1353 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 telescope was overhauled recently to prepare for the new Palomar sky survey project sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
		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)

	World's largest astronomical CCD camera installed on Palomar Observatory telescope
		A charge-coupled device is a light-sensitive integrated circuit that stores and displays the data for an image in such a way that each pixel in the image is converted into an electrical charge whose intensity is related to a color in the visual spectrum.
		Under the oversight of Richard Ellis, director of Palomar Observatory, this process was guided by Robert Thicksten and Hal Petrie of the California Institute of Technology.
		Palomar Observatory, owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology and located in north San Diego County, Calif., supports the research of Caltech faculty and students, and that of researchers at Caltech's collaborating institutions: Indiana University, Cornell University, Yale University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
	newsinfo.iu.edu /news/page/normal/982.html (753 words)

	Palomar Observatory -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The nearly 2,000-acre (800-hectare) Palomar Mountain State Park extends up the mountain slope, and the Palomar Observatory (operated by the California Institute of Technology), one of the Hale Observatories, occupies a...
		It was the first major mountaintop observatory built in the United States and the world's first permanently occupied mountaintop observatory.
		For years the Mount Wilson Observatory and the Palomar Observatory (q.v.), near San Diego, were operated jointly as the Hale Observatories by the Carnegie Institution of Washington...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9058167?tocId=9058167 (832 words)

	Sign On San Diego . com > San Diego Attractions - Guide to San Diego attractions and things to do.
		Inside the observatory, photos and placards provide visitors an historic context for the location and help to demystify the science of astronomy and telescopes in general.
		The observatory is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), based in Pasadena, Calif., and is open daily, except Dec 24-25.
		Palomar Mountain, which is located in the Cleveland National Forest, is also known for its hiking trails and camp sites.
	entertainment.signonsandiego.com /profile/269415 (418 words)

	AllRefer.com - European Southern Observatory (Astronomical Observatories) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The ESO began in 1962 as a consortium among Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
		The second observatory, initiated in 1988 and inaugurated in 1999, is located atop Cerro Paranal at an altitude of about 8,640 ft (2,635 m).
		Among the other programs of the observatory is the completion of the photographic Sky Survey for the Southern Hemisphere, in cooperation with the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/EuropnSO.html (438 words)

	Caltech Astronomy : Overview of Observatories
		Caltech's Palomar Observatory, in San Diego County, is home to the venerable Hale 200-inch Telescope, as well as the 60-inch instrument, the 48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope, and an 18-inch Schmidt camera.
		Keck Observatory is perched atop the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii.
		The Caltech Submillimeter Observatory is a 10-meter dish atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
	www.astro.caltech.edu /observatories (373 words)

	Palomar 5, Serpens Dwarf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Palomar 5 was discovered by Walter Baade in 1950, and independently found again by A.G. Wilson in 1955 (A.G. Wilson 1955).
		Apparently unaware or unsure about its classification as a globular, it was temporarily taken for a nearby dwarf galaxy, of elliptical or spheroidal type, named the Serpens Dwarf, and suspected to be a Local Group member candidate because of its resolution into stars.
		It was found that Palomar 5 is currently undergoing a process of tidal disruption by the gravitation of the Milky Way galaxy.
	www.seds.org /~spider/spider/MWGC/pal05.html (311 words)

	Palomar Mountain Observatory
		Living and working in the foothills of Palomar Mountain has afforded me many trips to the Palomar Observatory.
		The observatory is one of the most awesome places I have ever been.
		This is Mike, he is one of the technicians that frequently is our host for the Astronomy 197 class tours of Palomar Observatory.
	daphne.palomar.edu /mlane/PLACES/palomarobs/pmotrip.htm (327 words)

	KPBS - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The county of San Diego began construction of a new road to the summit of Palomar.
		The previous big telescope they had built was made out of plate glass and it changes its size when the temperature changes and you can't look at the stars when that happens.
		If the Pyrex was in any way damaged during the move, the new state-of-the-art Palomar Observatory would be worthless.
	www.kpbs.org /fullfocus/040604_palomarobs_script.php (1045 words)

	Other Palomar Organizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The name “Palomar” is a common one in the northern part of California’s San Diego County.
		Palomar Observatory on Palomar Mountain, home of the 200" Hale Telescope (for many years the world’s largest), which is managed by the California Institute of Technology.
		Palomar Mountain State Park, a park run by the California Department of Parks and Recreation that includes Palomar Mountain within its boundaries.
	www.palomar.com /About/Other.html (232 words)

	Scripps Ranch Palomar Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Palomar Observatory is open to the public from 9:00 a.m.
		The gallery at the 200-inch dome affords visitor's a view of the Hale Telescope and a small gift shop is open daily from mid June through Labor Day and only on weekends for rest of the year.
		The museum at Palomar Observatory is open daily.
	www.scrippsranch.com /listing-30-Palomar_Observatory.html (198 words)

	Caltech Press Release, 10/30/2003, Bob Thicksten
		PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif. -- The tragic fires that continue to affect San Diego County remind us all just how fragile life and property can be.
		Currently fires are slowly approaching the area of Palomar Mountain, home to the California Institute of Technology's historic Palomar Observatory.
		Smoke and ash from the fires have put a temporary end to the observatory's nightly observations, but the Observatory itself is not threatened.
	pr.caltech.edu /media/Press_Releases/PR12449.html (253 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.
		John Anderson of the Observatory Committee wrote on behalf of Caltech to point out that since Palomar was the name on the topographic maps, changing it would result in confusion.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/98fall/palomar.htm (6930 words)

	Caltech Press Release, 7/29/2003, George Djorgovski, Richard Ellis, Shri Kulkarni, Mike Brown, Shrinivas Kulkarni
		PALOMAR Mountain, Calif. -- A major new sky survey has begun at the Palomar Observatory.
		He and his team, in conjunction with the group from Yale, will use their observations of these exploding stars in an attempt to confirm or deny the recent finding that our universe is accelerating as it expands.
		Installation of the QUEST camera at the Palomar Observatory was overseen by Robert Brucato, Robert Thicksten, and Hal Petrie.
	pr.caltech.edu /media/Press_Releases/PR12417.html (767 words)

	Orange County Astronomers - AstroImagers SIG
		The disk was originally installed in the telescope before the mirror had been finished and was used to simulate the weight of the mirror for the initial balancing of the telescope.
		We climbed a staircase that followed the arc of the of the observatory wall to the main floor.
		The observatory is perched on a point overlooking a spectacular view of two valleys.
	www.ocastronomers.org /about_oca/special_interest_groups/AstroImagers/palomar/index.asp (1539 words)

	GoneWest: Palomar Observatory Trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Along the way, I stopped at the Harrah's Rincon Casino for lunch; the $14 price tag on the buffet made me wish for the days when casinos considered their restaraunts to be loss leaders, but the food was good and plentifull.
		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.
	www.joebaldwin.com /oldblog/gonewest/2004/08/palomar_observa.html (561 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County -- Palomar Observatory displays reveal secrets of universe
		PALOMAR MOUNTAIN – A lot more than stargazing is going on these days at Palomar Observatory.
		The observatory, owned and operated by California Institute of Technology, has put more than $70,000 into new displays, including a kiosk with a touch-screen computer.
		Kardel is putting out the word that the observatory would like to have a docent program in place sometime this year.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/northcounty/20050119-9999-m1m19palomar.html (463 words)

	Standoff briefly closes Palomar Observatory North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County ...
		PALOMAR MOUNTAIN ---- An armed man who told police he was suicidal remained in the woods atop Palomar Mountain late Friday after a fruitless search by dozens of law enforcement officers.
		Both the observatory and Palomar Mountain School, home to 13 students from kindergarten to the eighth grade, were closed Friday.
		Twenty employees of the observatory ---- owned by Caltech ---- and several astronomers remained in the park near a mobile sheriff's command center during the search.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/03/13/news/top_stories/3_12_0419_52_49.txt (842 words)

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