Camera: Canon EOS 60D at prime focus of 100-inch Hooker Telescope (MWO) However, it's impossible to be there and not be impressed by the place itself and all it's meaning for the astrophysics.
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The largest public telescope in the world is not at the Observatorio del Pangue,
not even in Chile : actually, this is the 100-inch Hooker Telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) in Los Angeles, California. So, while being around this summer, we hired it for a night observing session, just to see how it feels to use the telescope that allowed Edwin Hubble to confirm the expansion of the Universe...
And just as expected, the feelings were not only historical, but also purely astronomical. As an example, below is a quick snapshot, taken at the eyepiece of the telescope, of the planetary nebula Humason 1-2 (Cygnus), a curious compact stellar remnant that reveals its sophisticated morphology only through the largest telescopes...
The historical feelings were present anyway, since this object was discovered by Milton Humason from that same telescope !
Keeping on morphologies, the eyepiece was able to display also the fine structures of NGC6826, another planetary nebula in Cygnus: the view below clearly shows the complex inner ring, as well as the two denser opposite polar patches, easy things for a telescope of that aperture...
Photos: Cristian Valenzuela/Observatorio del Pangue - August 17th, 2017
Camera: Canon EOS 60D at prime focus of 100-inch Hooker Telescope (MWO) However, it's impossible to be there and not be impressed by the place itself and all it's meaning for the astrophysics.
Above: inside the dome of the 100-inch telescope, preparing the night session...
Above: Cristian Valenzuela, Edwin Hubble (centre), and Eric Escalera
On the way back to Los Angeles: astronomers also can admire the wonders of the city lights...
Camera: Canon EOS 60D at prime focus of 100-inch Hooker Telescope (MWO) However, it's impossible to be there and not be impressed by the place itself and all it's meaning for the astrophysics.