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With more than a century or reserch behind it, Mount Wilson Observatory is one of the most important facilities in the history of science. Edwin Hubble is just one the world's top astronomers to use instruments such as the Hooker 100-inch telescope  pictured here. Mount Wilson has been home to many of the world's largest or best telescopes and that tradition continues with the recent dedication of the CHARA optical interferometer array and the adaptive optics systems on the 100-inch telescope. Photo of 100-inch telescope by Steve Padilla of Mount Wilson Observatory |
Mount
Wilson Observatory home page
Historic and cutting edge astronomy. I spend time here when I can. |
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Wilson Observatory Association
I've been involved with MWOA since its founding in the early 1980s. I am currently the vice president. |
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| Mount
Wilson Observatory 150-foot solar tower telescope
See the daily sunspot drawing, the Sun's image and magnetic fields. Also many solar astronomy links. |
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| The
TowerCam on top of the 150-foot solar tower
Live images of the Mount Wilson Observatory day and night. Don't miss the Best of the Towercam pages. |
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| CUREA
at Mount Wilson
An annual two-week program for astronomy and physics undergraduate students. I've been an instructor since 2000. |
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| The
CHARA Array of Georgia State University
The largest optical interferometer in the world. |
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Los
Angeles Astronomical Society
I was most involved in LAAS when I served as president (and just about every other job) in the 1970s. You can find LAAS at Griffith Observatory, Garvey Ranch Observatory and their own dark sky observatory north of LA. |
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Griffith
Observatory
With a planetarium, a museum, telescopes and serving as the home of the Los Angeles Astronomical Society, this is the Mecca of astronomy in Southern California. I operated the Zeiss 12-inch refractor here for four years. |
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Links to everything on Earth astronomy-related
astronomylinks.com
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