"[Hubble's] breakthrough was made possible by the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson,” said Rich. “Hubble was able to make his discovery because he had access to this state-of-the-art ...

Hubble’s work pushed the field of astronomy forward, starting with his paper demonstrating that some objects exist outside ...

With a 100-inch (2.5-meter) diameter mirror for collecting light, the Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson was the largest telescope at the time. Large telescopes are not only more sensitive to ...

It’s hard to understate the importance of Mount Wilson to the field of astronomy: It is home to the 100-inch Hooker telescope, which Edwin Hubble used a century ago to make observations that ...

But the Mount Wilson Observatory and the telescope were not damaged, thanks to firefighters' efforts, said L.A. County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. "No buildings or infrastructure have been damaged ...

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 ...

The Mount Wilson Observatory is an important site in the history of modern astronomy. With the famous Hooker telescope, early 20th century astronomers made key observations about the Milky Way and ...

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 in the world. He began taking ...