Mount Wilson Observatory was all set to welcome visitors ... KNX News’ Margaret Carrero spoke to Tom Meneghini, the director of telescope operations for the observatory, who said there’s ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the historic Mount Wilson Observatory in California ... It is home to the 100-inch Hooker telescope, which Edwin Hubble used a century ago to make ...

While the literature clearly shows that the intrinsic seeing on Mount Wilson is the best ... Ten Years’ Work of a Mountain Observatory (Carnegie Inst. Washington) Hardy, J. W. 1998, Adaptive Optics ...

Photo: Andromeda nebula plate with Hubble's handwritten circle around the variable star he discovered In 1919 American astronomer Edwin Hubble began work at the Mount Wilson Observatory in ...

But in 1984 light pollution from nearby Los Angeles caught up with Mt. Wilson Observatory and its famous 100-inch Hooker telescope, causing its owners, the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C., to ...

The Eaton Fire made a run for Mount Wilson on Thursday afternoon. But the Mount Wilson Observatory and the telescope were not damaged, thanks to firefighters' efforts, said L.A. County Fire Chief ...