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Mt. Wilson History- Sophie Ungless

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While many people may not know the name Mount Wilson, they most likely know about at least one of the many historical discoveries that have been made there. Mount Wilson Observatory was founded in 1904 by George Hale, and originally was mainly used to study the sun with the 60-inch Snow Solar Telescope. As the largest telescope at the time, it was a trial to get it on top of the mountain in Pasadena. According to Mount Wilson Observatory’s website, it took 60 trips to carry all the pieces for the telescope to the top, and everything was carried on horses’ or mules’ backs. It took a few years for building to be completed and to work out some issues, so the 60-inch telescope was completed in 1908.  The Snow Telescope held the record for the largest telescope until 1917 when the 100-inch telescope was built for Mount Wilson Observatory. Hale was adamant about having the tool built, which came with a $500,000 price tag for the telescope itself and for the new building ...
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Intersections Art and Science

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Blog #3 Mount Wilson History

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Sammy Keane History of Mount Wilson “Mount Wilson Observatory was founded in 1904 by George Ellery Hale, a pioneer in the field of astrophysics who studied chemical and physical processes in stars” (Space.com). The Mount Wilson Observatory is on top of Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains, overlooking Los Angeles. This incredible Observatory was where “Edwin Hubble used a telescope mirror over eight feet wide to made two discoveries that fundamentally changed our definition of the universe. First, he realized that some faint, fuzzy objects that perplexed astronomers for decades were in fact galaxies outside our own Milky Way. Then Hubble recognized that many of these galaxies were speeding away from us, indicating that the universe is expanding” (Atlas Obscura). This discovery profoundly changed how not only astronomers but everyone began to look at our world and universe.  Mount Wilson’s rich history also includes that of Albert Michelson. At mount Wilso...
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