Seventy-five years ago hundreds of astronomers and VIPs gathered at Palomar Mountain for the dedication of the the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory. Named for astrophysicist George ...

Palomar Observatory bids farewell to a tradition of napkin rings, cowbells and astronomical table conversation. Out There Palomar Observatory bids farewell to a tradition of napkin rings, cowbells and ...

More times than she can remember, Jean Mueller stood on the catwalk of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory scanning the night sky, trying to time the exact moment to close the dome.

When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on Palomar Mountain near San Diego. What a behemoth! At the time I enjoyed using a ...

When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on California’s Palomar Mountain. What a behemoth! At the time I enjoyed using a 4.25 ...

After 20 months of operation, the great 200-inch Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain yielded its most significant discovery. Palomar’s Dr. Milton La Salle Humason, a diffident, self-effacing expert ...

It was only a blurred dot on a photographic plate. But as displayed last week by Astronomer Rudolph Minkowski of California’s Mount Wilson and Palomar observatories, it was a scientific milestone: the ...

Last time Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was in the neighborhood was 48,000 B.C., and the world has a pair of telescopes at Palomar Mountain to thank for discovering it buzzing nearby this time around.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jean Mueller became Palomar Observatory’s first female telescope operator in 1985, breaking decades-old gender ...