Date: Monday, March 23
Time: Program begins at 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
Location: Glendora Public Library, Bidwell Forum , 140 S. Glendora Ave. Glendora, CA...
Cost: FREE and open to the public - please join us!
Retired Jet Propulsion Laboratory physicist Tim Thompson will tell us about the remarkable history of the Mount Wilson Observatory. Both a professional and amateur astronomer, Mr. Thompson has been actively involved with the Los Angeles Astronomical Society and a tour guide for the Mount Wilson Observatory, where he has been operating the 60-Inch Telescope for public viewing for over 30 years.
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).
Photo courtesy of University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf-03388], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Mount Wilson Observatory's 100-inch reflector telescope dome as seen from the 150-foot solar tower.
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).
Photo courtesy of University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf-03388], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Mount Wilson Observatory's 100-inch reflector telescope dome as seen from the 150-foot solar tower.
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