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Doorway to the stars
Jul 24, 2023 17:43:36 #
Last month I toured the Palomar Observatory. The observatory sits at about 5600 ft elevation and has 4 telescopes, an 18-inch, a 48-inch, a 60-inch, and the 200-inch pictured here. All but the 18-inch are still in use.
Doorway to the stars
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Diagram of the telescope. Yellow lines show the lightpath. From the prime focus cage the the light is sent down the tube in the center of the mirror to the recording instruments mounted below the mirror
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The whole enchilda. It's surprising how big a 200" telescope is. It makes my 6" Celestron Schmidt-Cassegrain look like a toy.
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The Prime Focus Cage.
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200" mirror and recording instruments
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Jul 24, 2023 17:59:53 #
jkm757 wrote:
Last month I toured the Palomar Observatory. The observatory sits at about 5600 ft elevation and has 4 telescopes, an 18-inch, a 48-inch, a 60-inch, and the 200-inch pictured here. All but the 18-inch are still in use.
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Jul 25, 2023 05:21:27 #
jkm757 wrote:
Last month I toured the Palomar Observatory. The observatory sits at about 5600 ft elevation and has 4 telescopes, an 18-inch, a 48-inch, a 60-inch, and the 200-inch pictured here. All but the 18-inch are still in use.
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Jul 25, 2023 05:54:14 #
jkm757 wrote:
Last month I toured the Palomar Observatory. The observatory sits at about 5600 ft elevation and has 4 telescopes, an 18-inch, a 48-inch, a 60-inch, and the 200-inch pictured here. All but the 18-inch are still in use.
This is a very good post thank you does the dome rotate? Can you actually see the mirror?
I would really love to visit that. Thank you for sharing these images and the good information.
Bruce.
Jul 25, 2023 08:12:22 #
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Fantastic structure that has become antiquated compared to todays telescopes.
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Jul 25, 2023 17:35:52 #
riderxlx wrote:
This is a very good post thank you does the dome rotate? Can you actually see the mirror?
I would really love to visit that. Thank you for sharing these images and the good information.
Bruce.
I would really love to visit that. Thank you for sharing these images and the good information.
Bruce.
Hi, rider. Yes, the dome does rotate. If I recall correctly it takes 4 minutes to make a complete rotation.
Jul 25, 2023 17:36:54 #
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