The Mount Wilson Observatory was once home to the world’s largest telescope, and more than a century ago, on Jan. 1, 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble made one of his most important discoveries at ...

https://doi.org/10.1086/317701 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/317701 ABSTRACT The astronomical seeing has been recorded at the Mount Wilson Observatory for ...

Using variable stars as distance markers and the giant telescope on Mount Wilson, Edwin Hubble (then a young and little-known astronomer) was able to show that the Andromeda Nebula was over a ...

Mount Wilson Observatory was all set to welcome visitors to enjoy next week’s partial solar eclipse, but the weather threw a wrench in that plan. KNX News’ Margaret Carrero spoke to Tom ...

In 1919 he began to work at Mt. Wilson Observatory in California, where he would work for the rest of his life. He was researching nebulae, fuzzy patches of light in the sky. In 1924, he announced ...

Edwin Hubble was young and ambitious. At the of age 30, he arrived at Mount Wilson Observatory in Southern California just in time to use the new Hooker 100-inch telescope, at the time the largest ...

Home to the largest telescope of its day, Mount Wilson was the site of Hubble's astronomical triumphs. In 1924 he had used the telescope's then colossal 100-inch (254-centimeter) mirror to confirm ...

The Eaton Fire made a run for Mount Wilson on Thursday afternoon. But the Mount Wilson Observatory and the telescope were not damaged, thanks to firefighters' efforts, said L.A. County Fire Chief ...