The OSSC is finalizing the details of our next viewing party at the Mount Wilson Observatory where we will spend half the night viewing astronomical object using the famed Hooker 100-inch telescope. The event will take place on August 8 and will include an engineering tour, pot-luck dinner, and the chance to spend the night at the Monastery Dormitory where Albert Einstein and Edwin Hubble slept. Details coming soon.
The Mount Wilson Observatory has an interesting article by Mike Simons about the construction of the 100-inch telescope including the five years of grinding and polishing of the primary mirror.
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Nine miles long and 12 feet wide - the historic road to the Mount Wilson Observatory played a critical role in the development of Science. The American Institute of Physics (AIP) recently spotlighted an article by astrophysicist and historian Eun-Joo Ahn published in in Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (HSNS) about the construction of this important road. You can read the Article spotlight by AIP Here >