Mount Palomar

Cultural  

1. The location of an astronomical observatory in California. Inside the observatory is the Hale telescope, which contains a mirror two hundred inches across; for decades, it was the largest telescope in the world and remains productive today.

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Example Sentences

At that time the biggest successful telescope was the 200-inch Hale telescope on top of Mount Palomar near San Diego.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2017

Neglecting atmospheric effects, should the 5.08-m-diameter Mount Palomar telescope be able to resolve these bodies when they are 4.50×109 km from Earth?

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

It's like putting Mount Palomar into earth orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mount Palomar telescope on the blue star to detect any second-by-second variation in its light intensity that might coincide with pulsar 1's radio variation.

From Time Magazine Archive

I also, at Dr. Winston's suggestion, sent similar information to the Mount Palomar Observatory.

From The Egyptian Cat Mystery by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)