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Palomar Collection.

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Photographic history of the construction of the telescopes on Palomar Mountain.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Palomar Observatory

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Palomar Observatory is located in Pasadena, California, and is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. Built in 1928, it boasts several telescopes. However, the most famous is the 200-inch Hale Telescope built using a Pyrex blank manufactured by Corning Glass Works. The Hale Telescope was installed in 1948 and became fully operational and open to researchers in 1950....