ever heard of mt. polamer?

Question

has anybody ever heard of mt. polamer? it's some sort of giant telescope site or something. I can't find it on google, wikipedia, or ask. it's like it doesn't exist. but i kno it does. am i spelling it wrong?

Answer 1

It's spelled "Palomar."

Try this web address for lots of information:

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/observatories/palomar/

Palomar Observatory is one of the great modern observatories, built in the 1930s and owned and operated chiefly by California Institute of Technology.

If you do an internet search on "Palomar Observatory" you will find much more information from various sources.

Answer 2

I have been to the observatory on Palomar Mountain several times. It has the 200 inch Hale telescope, which was the largest in the world for quite a few years. Since then some larger ones have been built.

Answer 3

Its probably the spelling.
Palomar Observatory is in San Diego, California on Mount Palomar. This active research facility, with parts of it open to the public, currently has five main instruments:
- the 200 inch (5.08 m) Hale Telescope
- the 48 inch (1.22 m) Samuel Oschin Telescope
- the 18 inch (457 mm) Schmidt telescope
- a 60 inch (1.52 m) reflecting telescope
- the Palomar Testbed Interferometer
The Hale Telescope was its first instrument, and was built in 1948. Edmund Hubble used the Hale for many of his ground-breaking observations.

Answer 4

You're thinking of Palomar Observatory. Like many people, you think it's located on "Mount Palomar," but there is no such place; its real name is Palomar Mountain:

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/

Answer 5

Could this be what you are looking for?

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/