Observatory
Palomar Observatory
Palomar Observatory is an astronomical observatory in California, home to the historic 200-inch Hale Telescope.
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- Type: Observatory
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Observatory scientific profile
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Studies Andromeda Galaxy.
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Ground context
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Andromeda Galaxy
- Operated by
Caltech/IPAC
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Visible light
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Near-infrared
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- StudiesAndromeda Galaxy
Imaged by the 200-inch Hale Telescope.
- Operated byCaltech/IPAC
- Workplace ofFritz Zwicky
- IncludesHale Telescope
- Workplace ofMaarten Schmidt
- ObservesNear-infrared
- Discovery facility forThe Discovery of Quasars
- ObservesVisible light
Image provenance
Photography as evidence
Continue the atlas
Curated next objects
Andromeda Galaxy
The nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and the most distant object readily visible to the naked eye.
organizationCaltech/IPAC
IPAC at Caltech provides science operations and data archives for many infrared and survey missions, including Spitzer and WISE.
wavelength bandVisible light
Visible light is the band the human eye sees and the traditional domain of optical telescopes.
wavelength bandNear-infrared
The near-infrared bridges visible and thermal infrared light, key for studying the early universe and exoplanet atmospheres.
telescopeHale Telescope
The 200-inch Hale Telescope at Palomar was the largest in the world for decades and remains a workhorse of optical astronomy.
astronomerFritz Zwicky
Fritz Zwicky was a brilliant, combative astrophysicist at Caltech. In 1933 he measured the motions of galaxies in the Coma cluster and concluded that vast amounts of invisible 'dark matter' must be holding them together — a finding ignored…
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Scientific data & provenance
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- Observatory
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- Scientific connections
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- 1.0.0
Dataset membership
Open data
In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld
Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/observatory:palomar-observatory
Scientific quality
Partial3 of 6 applicable dimensions complete, 1 partial
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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