APOD: April 6, 1996 - Andromeda Nebula: Var! - Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explanation: In the 1920s, using photographic plates made with the Mt. Wilson Observatory's 100 inch telescope, Edwin Hubble determined the distance to the Andromeda Nebula - decisively …
Hubble's Famous M31 VAR! plate - Carnegie Science
On the night of October 5-6, 1923, Carnegie astronomer Edwin P. Hubble took a plate of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) with the Hooker 100-inch telescope of the Mount Wilson …
Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle to maintain …
Oct 3, 2023 · The VAR! plate lives there, as do 250,000 others taken over the years at Mt. Wilson. Among other records, the archives contain a copy of Hubble’s logbook from the fall of 1923.
Abstract On October 6, 1923, Edwin Hubble used the Mount Wilson 100- inch telescope to take a 45-minute exposure of a field in the Andromeda galaxy. This is the now-famous plate marked …
Video: VAR! Plate 100th Anniversary - Carnegie Science
Sep 6, 2023 · This photographic glass plate captured by Edwin Hubble on October 6, 1923, at Carnegie’s Mount Wilson Observatory forever changed our understanding of the universe and …
credited by an astronomer who arrived at Mount Wilson in 1919--and would apply her law to even more distant ‘clouds’. In October of 1923, Edwin Hubble was studying the puz-zling ‘spiral …
HPWREN tower cams - Mount Wilson Observatory
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The 50-foot interferometer slide and building, Mount Wilson …
The 50-foot interferometer slide and building, Mount Wilson Observatory. The slide is seen extending to the left from the building. Trees are in the surrounding area. Image courtesy of …
Preserving Mount Wilson Observatory.” Here it is: What is the value in preserving Mount Wilson as a science heritage site? It is inevitable and appropriate to ask some “what if’’ ques-tions. …
wilson - Mount Wilson Observatory, north of Los Angeles: …
Mount Wilson Observatory, north of Los Angeles HPWREN site detailed view Location: about 34.22,-118.06 at 5620 feet - KML sensors and network layers for Google Earth