Observatorium Palomar
 Kubah Observatorium Palomar dan Teleskop Hale | |||||||||
| Nama alternatif | 675 PA  | ||||||||
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| Organisasi | California Institute of Technology | ||||||||
| Kode observatorium | 675 | ||||||||
| Lokasi | San Diego County, California | ||||||||
| Koordinat | 33°21′21″N 116°51′50″W / 33.35583°N 116.86389°W | ||||||||
| Ketinggian | 1.712 meter (5.617 ft) | ||||||||
| Didirikan | 1928 | ||||||||
| Situs web | Palomar at Caltech | ||||||||
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  Location of Observatorium Palomar | |||||||||
 Media terkait dari Wikimedia Commons | |||||||||
Observatorium Palomar adalah sebuah observatorium astronomi milik swasta yang terletak di San Diego County, California (AS), 145 kilometer (90 mi) di sebelah tenggara Los Angeles, California, di Jaringan Pegunungan Palomar. Observatorium ini dimiliki dan dioperasikan oleh California Institute of Technology (Caltech) yang berpusat di Pasadena, California. Waktu penelitian diberikan kepada Caltech dan rekan penelitiannya, yang meliputi Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) dan Cornell University.[1]
Observatorium ini mengoperasikan beberapa teleskop, termasuk Teleskop Hale selebar 200 inci (5,1 m) dan Teleskop Samuel Oschin selebar 48 inci (1,2 m). Selain itu, instrumen dan proyek lain ditempatkan di observatorium ini, seperti Palomar Testbed Interferometer dan Teleskop Schmidt selebar 18 inci (0,46 m), teleskop pertama Palomar yang dibuat tahun 1936.
Direktur
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Ira Sprague Bowen, 1948–1964
- Horace Welcome Babcock, 1964–1978
- Maarten Schmidt, 1978–1980
- Gerry Neugebauer, 1980–1994
- James Westphal, 1994–1997
- Wallace Leslie William Sargent, 1997–2000
- Richard Ellis, 2000–2006
- Shrinivas Kulkarni, 2006–
Lihat pula
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- National Geographic Society - Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
- Mount Laguna Observatory
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- California Institute of Technology
- Digitized Sky Survey
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Cornell University, Dept. of Astronomy: Palomar Observatory
Bacaan lanjutan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Crawford, David Livingston (1966). The Construction of large telescopes. London, New York: Academic Press. OCLC 1093049
- Mollise, Rod (2006). The Urban Astronomer's Guide: a Walking Tour of the Cosmos for City Sky Watchers. Berlin: Springer. 10-ISBN 1846282179/13-ISBN 9781846282171; 10-ISBN 1846282160/13-ISBN 9781846282164 OCLC 299995003
- Watterson, T.V. (1941). Palomar Observatory. San Diego, California: Frye & Smith.OCLC 6327013
Pranala luar
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- Caltech Astronomy Diarsipkan 2013-03-05 di Wayback Machine.
- Palomar Skies, news and history written by Palomar public affairs coordinator Scott Kardel
- The SBO Palomar Sky Survey Prints Diarsipkan 2003-12-31 di Wayback Machine.
- Palomar Observatory Clear Sky Clock Forecast of observing conditions.