Mount Palomar, Mount Wilson,

and Lowell Observatory

By: Meagan Partridge and Jeffrey Oravic

Mount Palomar Observatory• N San Diego County, CA• California Institute of

Technology• 200-in Hale Telescope• 48-in Samuel Oschin Telescope• 60-in Telescope• 18-in Schmidt Telescope• 24-in Telescope

Mount Wilson Observatory• 1904 by George Hale• 60-inch telescope

• 100-inch Hooker telescope• 3 solar telescopes or solar towers

• Interferometry

Lowell Observatory• 1894 by Percival Lowell

• Research• 72-inch Perkins Telescope• 42-inch Hall Telescope• Titan Monitor Telescope

• Discovery Channel Telescope• 24-inch Alvan Clark Telescope