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 ...

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.

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 ...

The 200-inch Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain has already proved itself astronomically successful. But with a little fixing it can do better still. Astronomer Edwin Hubble told last week how he went ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the past three years, astronomers at the California Institute of Technology’s Palomar Observatory in Southern California have been using the High Performance Wireless Research and Education ...