Peter Bassett Sacramento Peak Observatory New Mexico Vacuum Telescope NASA Sun Solar Observing Sunspot Astronomy research discovery NOTE 50MB TIFF VERSION AVAILABLE
Peter Bassett Hill Top Dome at Sacramento Peak Observatory New Mexico, Solar Observatory Physics Sun Sunspot Sunspots, Astrophysics
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This picture shows the Hilltop Dome, which sits near the top of the hill. As with the Evans Solar Facility, the roof of the building (with the doors in it) can rotate around to allow the telescope to see the Sun anywhere in the sky. This telescope is used for taking patrol images of the whole Sun. Such images are taken for discovering when something interesting is happening on the Sun, such as a solar flare, and to have a record of what the Sun looks like every day. One of the patrol tasks of the Hilltop Dome is to film the Sun all the time. This image is stored regularly for later study, and is also fed into the local TV system, so everybody who lives in Sunspot (the village that is Sacramento Peak Observatory) can see what the Sun looks like on his or her own TV set. This image is also on display on one of the monitors just inside the entrance to the Vacuum Tower. The Hilltop Dome was completed in 1963. It is not open to the public.
Peter Bassett Apache Point Observatory Sacramento Peak New Mexico Laser Reflector NASA Telescope Astronomy 3.6mt Infra red telescope
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Infrared telescope. The Astrophysical Research Consortium infrared telescope at New Mexico, USA. This reflecting telescope uses a 3.5 metre diam- eter mirror to focus the signal, giving a sharper image than a lens. The detector picks up infrared radiation, which scatters less than visible light and extends the telescope's view. The telescope is operated almost exclusively by remote control, allowing different observers based across the USA to share the facility on any given night. It is located at Apache Point, on the summit of a mountain in southern New Mexico.
Peter Bassett Mt Wilson mountain mount observatory telescope astronomy California USA Pasadena solar reflector reflecting sun observing tower projection room control room
Peter Bassett Mt Wilson mountain mount observatory telescope astronomy California USA Pasadena solar reflector reflecting sun observing tower projection room control room NOTE 50MB version available
Peter Bassett The Clarke Telescope Dome Percival Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona Refractor Telescope Mars Observing Martian Canals Astronomy Astronomical Pluto Astronomer Astronomy
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The Clarke Telescope Dome. The Observatory's original 24-inch (0.61 m) Alvan Clark Telescope is still in use today for public education. Lowell Observatory hosts 70,000 visitors per year at their Steele Visitors Center who take guided daytime tours and view various wonders of the night sky through the Clark Telescope and other telescopes. It was founded in 1894 by astronomer Percival Lowell, and run for a time by his third cousin Guy Lowell of Boston's well-known Lowell family. The current trustee of Lowell Observatory is William Lowell Putnam, grandnephew of founder Percival Lowell and son of long-time trustee Roger Putnam.
Peter Bassett Kitt Peak Observatory Site near Tucson Arizona USA astronomy telescope dome high altitude road astronomical blue sky panoramic scene wide angle solar
Peter Bassett Percival Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona 28 inch Refractor Telescope Mars Observing Martian Canals Astronomy Astronomical Pluto Astronomer dome
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset
Peter Bassett Kitt Peak Observatory reflector telescope Arizona USA near Tucson 4mt Myall Telescope
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This telescope has been a landmark in since 1973, and is easily visible from many points in Tucson. The 4-m is the largest optical telescope on Kitt Peak, and receives 4 times more requests for use than there are clear nights each year. From the Visitor Gallery you have a beautiful 360 degree view of Kitt Peak and surrounding landscape.
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track stormy sky sunset
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track welcome sign USA
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track story sky sunset clouds
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track stormy sky sunset clouds rain
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset railway track polarised sky
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset railway track polarised sky
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset railway track polarised sky
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset railway track
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track NRAO
Peter Bassett Mt Palomar Observatory California USA astronomical astronomy 200 inch diameter mirror telescope reflector built in 1947 horseshoe mount dome
Peter Bassett Mt Palomar Observatory California USA astronomical astronomy 200 inch diameter mirror telescope reflector built in 1947 horseshoe mount dome
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Stars Star trails Satellite Dish Observatory
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A composite image of the VLA & stars. The VLA is not illuminated at night unless by the moon, but then a perfect shot of the stars cannot be created so this composite was made.
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish track polarised sky Antenna receiver
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset railway track sky
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Observatory Astronomy communications dish railway track sunset railway track polarised sky
Peter Bassett VLA Very Large Array New Mexico Magdelina NRAO, Radio Telescope SETI Astronomy Interferometer Interferometry Nature Natural Wildlife Bird Birds Observatory
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Stars Star trails Satellite Dish Observatory NOTE 54MB VERSION AVAILABLE
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This cannot be shot at night very well as it is not lit. This is a composite of a daytime pic & night.
Peter Bassett This bust is of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 and is on show at the entrance of Palomar Mountain Observatory. Hale studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and while still an undergraduate he invented the spectroheliograph. This instrument is capable of photographing the sun at precise wavelengths and is now a basic tool of solar astronomy. From this interest he formed the Mt Wilson Observatory site. He studied sunspots there and discovered that they possess strong magnetic fields the polarity of which reverse on a 22 year cycle. Hale spent a lot of time persuading various bodies to fund the building of larger telescopes, including the 200 inch Mount Palomar reflector, the second largest telescope in the world.
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Stars Star Satellite Dish Observatory dish hospital servicing
Peter Bassett Mount Mountain Palomar Observatory 200 inch Astronomy Astronomical California USA reflector telescope Isaac Newton Edmund Hale Mirror Eyepiece
Peter Bassett This bust is of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 and is on show at the entrance of Palomar Mountain Observatory. Hale studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and while still an undergraduate he invented the spectroheliograph. This instrument is capable of photographing the sun at precise wavelengths and is now a basic tool of solar astronomy. From this interest he formed the Mt Wilson Observatory site. He studied sunspots there and discovered that they possess strong magnetic fields the polarity of which reverse on a 22 year cycle. Hale spent a lot of time persuading various bodies to fund the building of larger telescopes, including the 200 inch Mount Palomar reflector, the second largest telescope in the world.
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This bust is of George Ellery Hale 1868-1938 and is on show at the entrance of Palomar Mountain Observatory. Hale studied physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and while still an undergraduate he invented the spectroheliograph. This instrument is capable of photographing the sun at precise wavelengths and is now a basic tool of solar astronomy. From this interest he formed the Mt Wilson Observatory site. He studied sunspots there and discovered that they possess strong magnetic fields the polarity of which reverse on a 22 year cycle. Hale spent a lot of time persuading various bodies to fund the building of larger telescopes, including the 200 inch Mount Palomar reflector, the second largest telescope in the world.
Peter Bassett Mount Mountain Palomar Observatory 200 inch Astronomy Astronomical California USA reflector telescope Isaac Newton Edmund Hale Mirror Eyepiece NOTE 24MB TIFF file available
Peter Bassett Mount Mountain Palomar Observatory Dome 200 inch Astronomy Astronomical California USA reflector telescope Isaac Newton Edmund Hale Mirror Interferometer baseline
Peter Bassett Mt Palomar Observatory California USA astronomical astronomy 200 inch diameter mirror telescope reflector built in 1947 eyepiece stitched image
Peter Bassett Mt Palomar Observatory California USA astronomical astronomy 200 inch diameter mirror telescope reflector built in 1947 Ariel view from a glider
Peter Bassett Very Large Array, New Mexico Interferometry Radio Astronomy VLA VLBA SETI Radio Telescope Stars Star Satellite Dish Observatory dish hospital servicing
Peter Bassett Mt Wilson mountain observatory telescope astronomy California USA 100 inch Hale reflector Edwin Hubble Big Bang discovery Albert Einstein expanding universe
Peter Bassett Mt Wilson mountain observatory telescope astronomy California USA 100 inch Hale reflector Edwin Hubble Big Bang discovery Albert Einstein expanding universe
Peter Bassett Mt Palomar Observatory California USA astronomical astronomy 200 inch diameter mirror telescope reflector built in 1947 Ariel view from a glider. Lake Henshaw mountain
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Palomar Observatory with the Mexican border in the distance. Lake Henshaw is on the top right.
Sun solar surface of the Sun's close-up close up activity sunspot sunspots spot spots corona coronal loops loop system space outer TRACE project NASA ultraviolet image cosmos science exploration transition region landscape
Peter Bassett Mt Wilson mountain mountains observatory telescope altitude landscape panorama wide angle California - This is where the first accurate 'speed of light' measurement took place from this point to the central peak in the picture. USA Pasadena
Peter Bassett Yerkes Observatory Lake Geneva Chicago Illinois USA home of the World's largest refractor telescope of 40" Dome eyepiece end digital camera CCD
Peter Bassett Yerkes Observatory Lake Geneva Chicago Illinois USA home of the World's largest refractor telescope of 40" Dome eyepiece end digital camera CCD
Peter Bassett William Hershel Refractor Telescope Eyepiece Bath Slough Planet Uranus discovery Astronomy Astronomer Science Museum London South Kensington Solar System
Peter Bassett William Hershel Refractor Telescope Eyepiece Bath Slough Planet Uranus discovery Astronomy Astronomer Science Museum London South Kensington Solar System
Peter Bassett Yerkes Observatory Lake Geneva Chicago Illinois USA home of the World's largest refractor telescope of 40" Dome eyepiece end digital camera CCD
