Title supplied by cataloger. Russell W. Porter was the architect who designed the Art Deco Observatory and buildings, including the dome for the 200-inch Hale Telescope. Porter was responsible for much of the technical design of the Hale Telescope and Schmidt Cameras, working on the designs in collaboration with many engineers and Caltech committee members. Palomar Observatory stands on a block of granite 15 miles long and 5 miles wide about 500 feet below the 6,100-foot-high mountain peak. The observatory is the home of the world-famous 200-inch Hale telescope. The equipment consists of three stellar telescopes owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. The Hale telescope was first used by American astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble on January 26, 1949. View of the Palomar Observatory near the top of Palomar Mountain in San Diego. Palomar Observatory is located at 35899 Canfield Road, Palomar Mountain, CA 92060. Photograph circa 1949. See 00118373 and 00118374 for similar images.
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Palomar Observatory California Institute of Technology Observatories Observatory domes Telescopes Astronomy Dirt roads Trees Shrubs Mountains--California, Southern Palomar, Mount (Calif.) San Diego County (Calif.) Porter, Russell Williams,--1871-1949
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