In the hundred years since George Ellery Hale was born in Chicago on June 29, 1868, no astronomer has made greater or more varied contributions to his science. The great telescopes and instruments he built, the institutions he founded, his discoveries in solar physics and his whole approach to astrophysics have become the foundations for progress in astronomy
By any measure, Professor Wallace L. W. Sargent (known to colleagues and friends as “Wal”) was one o...
[Extract] It would be regrettable were this year to end without some commemoration of the 250th anni...
It has been about 115 years since the establishment of Kodaikanal Observatory as an extension of the...
In the hundred years since George Ellery Hale was born in Chicago on June 29, 1868, no astronomer ha...
Published by and copyright by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.George Ellery Hale was born ju...
A tribute to the 200-inch Hale Telescope -- and to the men who created it and have used it with dist...
A minor but intriguing drama was playing itself out on both sides of the Atlantic in the summer of 1...
Edwin P. Hubble 1889-1953; Sir Lawrence Bragg; William N. Birchby 1877-1953; Faculty Changes; Pure C...
Photograph of Dr. George Ellery Hale. " 'Father' of Palomar Mountain's mighty 'scope was Dr. Geo. El...
The invention of the telescope at the dawning of the 17th century has revolutionized humanity's unde...
By 1918 American astronomer Harlow Shapley (1885--1972) had completed the work that established his ...
Photograph of the interior view of the observatory that houses the 60-inch reflecting telescope at M...
Making Stars Physical offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, s...
The Caltech Archives is digitizing two major collections in the history of physics and astronomy, co...
Of all the intellectual pursuits of our species, perhaps the most venerable is our quest to comprehe...
By any measure, Professor Wallace L. W. Sargent (known to colleagues and friends as “Wal”) was one o...
[Extract] It would be regrettable were this year to end without some commemoration of the 250th anni...
It has been about 115 years since the establishment of Kodaikanal Observatory as an extension of the...
In the hundred years since George Ellery Hale was born in Chicago on June 29, 1868, no astronomer ha...
Published by and copyright by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.George Ellery Hale was born ju...
A tribute to the 200-inch Hale Telescope -- and to the men who created it and have used it with dist...
A minor but intriguing drama was playing itself out on both sides of the Atlantic in the summer of 1...
Edwin P. Hubble 1889-1953; Sir Lawrence Bragg; William N. Birchby 1877-1953; Faculty Changes; Pure C...
Photograph of Dr. George Ellery Hale. " 'Father' of Palomar Mountain's mighty 'scope was Dr. Geo. El...
The invention of the telescope at the dawning of the 17th century has revolutionized humanity's unde...
By 1918 American astronomer Harlow Shapley (1885--1972) had completed the work that established his ...
Photograph of the interior view of the observatory that houses the 60-inch reflecting telescope at M...
Making Stars Physical offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, s...
The Caltech Archives is digitizing two major collections in the history of physics and astronomy, co...
Of all the intellectual pursuits of our species, perhaps the most venerable is our quest to comprehe...
By any measure, Professor Wallace L. W. Sargent (known to colleagues and friends as “Wal”) was one o...
[Extract] It would be regrettable were this year to end without some commemoration of the 250th anni...
It has been about 115 years since the establishment of Kodaikanal Observatory as an extension of the...