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Mount Wilson observatory - Hooker Telescope

by

Serge Brunier/Novapix

Reference

o-omw05-00002

Date

2021-11-23

The 100 inch Hooker telescope on the Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles. The 2.5 m reflector telescope was the largest in the world from its completion in 1917 until the 200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory was built in 1948. Updated with new technologies and detectors it is still in used for research.