Mount Wilson has attracted astronomers for well over 100 years. George Ellery Hale first visited in 1903 and quickly convinced the Carnegie Institution of Washington to establish a Solar Observatory there in 1904. Soon afterward Carnegie funded the 60-Inch Telescope, the first nighttime telescope on the site. Next came the 100-inch Hooker Telescope, the largest in the world from 1917-1949, which was used by Edwin Hubble to measure the expansion of the Universe. Learn about the world shaking discoveries made right in our backyard, and how the non-profit Mount Wilson Institute is keeping this history alive while continuing to conduct research with innovative projects such as the CHARA Array (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy).
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