Mount Wilson: America's Observatory
Abstract
New developments at the Mount Wilson Observatory are reviewed. The renovation of the 100-inch Hooker reflector is described, and projects involving interferometry and adaptive optics are examined. Major new programs in support of science education and amateur astronomy are discussed.
- Publication:
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Sky and Telescope
- Pub Date:
- March 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993S&T....85...18J
- Keywords:
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- Adaptive Optics;
- Astronomical Observatories;
- Big Bang Cosmology;
- Electromagnetic Interference;
- Reflecting Telescopes;
- Chile;
- Sky Surveys (Astronomy);
- United States;
- Astronomy