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2. Palomar Observatory - Wikipedia

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   The observatory is located off State Route 76 in northern San Diego County, California, two hours' drive from downtown San Diego and three hours' drive from central Los Angeles (UCLA, LAX airport). [38] Those staying at the nearby Palomar Campground can visit Palomar Observatory by hiking 2.2 miles (3.5 km) up Observatory Trail. [39]

3. Palomar Mountain - Wikipedia

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   Palomar Mountain (/ ˈ p æ l ə m ɑːr / PAL-ə-mar; Spanish: Monte Palomar) is a mountain ridge in the Peninsular Ranges in northern San Diego County, California. It is known as the location of Palomar Observatory and Hale Telescope, and known for Palomar Mountain State Park .

4. Hale Telescope - Wikipedia

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   The Hale Telescope is a 200-inch (5.1 m), f / 3.3 reflecting telescope at the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, US, named after astronomer George Ellery Hale. With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1928, he orchestrated the planning, design, and construction of the observatory, but with the project ending up taking ...

5. Samuel Oschin telescope - Wikipedia

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   The Samuel Oschin telescope (/ ˈ ɔː ʃ ɪ n /), also called the Oschin Schmidt, is a 48-inch-aperture (1.22 m) Schmidt camera at the Palomar Observatory in northern San Diego County, California, United States. It consists of a 49.75 inches (1.264 m) Schmidt corrector plate and a 72 inches (1.8 m) (f/2.5) mirror. The instrument is strictly a ...

6. Palomar Mountain, California - Wikipedia

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   The community is located near the north-central edge of San Diego County within the Cleveland National Forest, [2] southeast of Palomar Mountain State Park and southwest of Palomar Mountain and Palomar Observatory. [3]

7. Carolyn S. Shoemaker - Wikipedia

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   Palomar Observatory, California Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker (June 24, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 . [ 1 ] She discovered 32 comets (then a record for the most by an individual) [ 2 ] and more than 500 asteroids.

8. 'Thousand-year storm' leaves San Diego reeling from ... - AOL

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   Hundreds of San Diego homes and businesses were damaged or ruined in devastating floods after punishing rainfall fell Monday during a 'thousand-year storm.'

9. Peninsular Ranges - Wikipedia

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   Palomar Mountain, home to Palomar Observatory, is in the Peninsular Ranges in San Diego County, as are Viejas Mountain and the San Ysidro Mountains. The Peninsular Ranges run predominantly north-south, unlike the Transverse Ranges to their north, which mostly run east-west.