The Bobcat Fire came within 500 feet of the observatory on Tuesday. The same dry, isolated conditions that make Mount Wilson susceptible to fire also made it perfect for stargazing.

The Mount Wilson Observatory was once home to the world’s largest telescope, and more than a century ago, on Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble made one of his most important discoveries at ...

Mt. Wilson Observatory’s 100-inch telescope dome by moonlight circa 1950. Star trails are visible in the sky. (Courtesy of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science Collection at ...

Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery Hale revolutionized American astronomy by, among other things, championing the ...

Mount Wilson Observatory is a Los Angeles-area facility with several telescopes open to astronomers and the public. Several notable discoveries have been made using the observatory's telescopes.

For nearly half a century, the Mt. Wilson Observatory was not only the center of the universe for the study of space science, it taught us just how huge that universe was. At the eyepiece of the ...

Mount Wilson Observatory, Southern California's esteemed home to over 100 years of groundbreaking astronomical discovery, has announced its 2023 season of public events and sky-viewings with a ...

Mount Wilson Observatory. The historic Mount Wilson Observatory is home to a well-known 60-inch telescope, which is now the world’s largest telescope entirely devoted to public viewing.But the ...

PASADENA (CBSLA) — Mount Wilson Observatory announced Thursday it will reopen to the public on Tuesday, June 15. The observatory closed in early 2020 in accordance with the U.S. Forest Service's ...

Dating back to 1904, Mount Wilson Observatory was founded by Dr. George Ellery Hale in the mountains of Pasadena where some of the world's oldest telescopes are housed. When Hale established the ...

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It will be a rare sight to behold, and Mount Wilson Observatory is not going to miss it.. On April 8, there will be a solar eclipse and the folks at the observatory are inviting the public to come ...