Hale telescope

American  

noun

1. the 200-inch (508-centimeter) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.

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Etymology

Origin of Hale telescope

First recorded in 1945–50; named after G. E. Hale

Example Sentences

ZTF SLRN-2020 remained a puzzle until a year later, when the team analyzed its spectrum at infrared wavelengths with Palomar’s Hale Telescope and found that it was still astonishingly bright.

From Science Magazine

When I first visited the 200-inch Hale Telescope on Palomar Mountain in California — a rite of passage for a young science writer — I was startled to discover, looking down the barrel of what was then the world’s largest and most famous telescope, a dinner-plate-size gash left by a tool that a worker had dropped years earlier.

From New York Times

The Carnegie began eyeing Chilean skies in the 1960s as a potential site for a southern twin to the 200-inch Hale Telescope, which was completed on Palomar Mountain in 1948 in partnership with the California Institute of Technology.

From New York Times

Back in 1965, Rubin confronted the Hale Telescope’s no-women-allowed rule, ostensibly imposed because observing is an all-night process and the observatory had no ladies’ room.

From Scientific American

That night I requested urgent observations on the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory that showed the source was still fading.

From Scientific American