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- From: ron@mlfarm.com (Ronald Florence)
- Subject: Re: Palomar Visits?
- In-Reply-To: jls2@teal.csn.org's message of Fri, 14 Aug 1992 22:00:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.120040.2849@mlfarm.com>
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- Organization: Maple Lawn Farm, Stonington, CT
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 12:00:40 GMT
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- Jeff Stoner writes:
-
- I'll be visiting out in San Diego over Labor Day weekend and was wondering
- what, if any, facilities Mt. Palomar has for daytime casual visitors?
-
- There is a small museum with exhibits, a tiny store for souvenirs, and
- a visitor's gallery in the dome of the 5-meter Hale telescope. The
- gallery provides a good view of the 5-meter telescope; the glass is to
- insulate the telescope from the body heat of visitors. Just outside
- the visitor's gallery (across the walk) you can see the concrete dummy
- disc that was used to balance the telescope while the primary mirror
- was being figured.
-
- There is a marked parking lot and walk for visitors. The Oschin
- (48-inch Schmidt), the 18-inch Schmidt, and Oscar-Meyer (60-inch
- Richie-Chretien) telescopes, the machine shops, and the Monastery have
- no provisions for visitors.
- --
-
- Ronald Florence
- ron@mlfarm.com
-