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 ...

This week marks the centennial of Mt. Wilson's 100-inch telescope. When it gathered its first light, it overtook its 60-inch neighbor and became the largest telescope in the world — a position ...

The Palomar Mountain Observatory Trail is one of only four National Recreation Trails in San Diego ... It also provides a chance to visit the Hale Telescope and the world-class Palomar Observatory.

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN A funny thing happened on the way to irrelevance — at 65, Palomar Observatory’s Hale telescope has regained its mojo.For more than 40 years, the Hale was the world’s most ...

Fire officials at their command center in Riverside said the Mt. Palomar fire has exploded to 20,000 acres and could threaten the famed observatory at the top, one of the world’s largest telescopes.

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 ...

The 200-inch Hale telescope on Palomar Mountain is ailing. Installed last January, it has thus far taken no scientifically valuable photographs of the stars. Dr. Ira S. Bowen, director of ...

We got a telescope bigger than Mount Palomar [the observatory atop Mount Palomar, which is home to three active research telescopes] one million miles out in outer space and it's working beautifully.