Mount Palomar

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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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Mount Palomar

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

Hale device at Mount Palomar, Calif. When astronomers begin using the new telescope in 1992, it will push back the visible limits of the universe by billions of light years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Using coordinates supplied by Bolton, California Astronomers Halton Arp and Thomas D. Kinman zeroed in on the quasar with the 200-in. optical telescope at Mount Palomar and the 120-in.

From Time Magazine Archive

Satellite telescopes now under construction are expected to elicit far more information than even the 200-inch giant at Mount Palomar.

From The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.