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The European Southern Observatory
Published on 4 Aug 2007 at 7:28 pm.
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Created in 1962, the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, or as it is better known, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), is a an intergovernmental astronomical organization supported by 13 nations. It isn’t really a single observatory, but a collection of observatories. Most of its facilities are in Chile. […]
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Mount Palomar Observatory
Published on 3 Aug 2007 at 12:31 pm.
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Located atop Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California, is the Palomar Observatory, operated by the California Institute of Technology.
Most famous among the instruments at Palomar Observatory is the 200-inch Hale Telescope, which was the largest telescope on Earth for close to three decades. However, the Hale Telescope is not the only instrument at […]
