Mount Wilson Observatory

noun

1. an astronomical observatory on Mount Wilson, near Los Angeles, California, having a 100-inch (254-centimeter) reflecting telescope.

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He cited the Mount Wilson Observatory in California, where the Milky Way galaxy was first measured, as an example.

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Victoria recommends a visit to the Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles:

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In 2018, as part of undergraduate research at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Anna Baum set out to combine observations of the telltale wavelengths from 59 stars taken by the Mount Wilson Observatory and the W. M. Keck Observatory to produce a 50-year chronology of star evolution.

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New music pops up in small galleries in alleyways and at the Mount Wilson Observatory.

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She doesn’t mind staying off the trails, especially when she recalls the battle that firefighters waged last year to save the historic Mount Wilson Observatory from the Bobcat fire.

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