100-inch Hooker Telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/100-inch_Hooker_Telescope

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:aperture	2.5 meters 100 inches
gptkbp:builtBy	gptkb:George_Ellery_Hale
gptkbp:countryOfOperation	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:firstLight	1917
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	largest telescope in the world from 1917 to 1949
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkbp:location	gptkb:California
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:John_D._Hooker
gptkbp:observatoryAltitude	1742 meters
gptkbp:operatedBy	gptkb:Carnegie_Institution_for_Science
gptkbp:primaryMirrorDiameter	gptkb:glass
gptkbp:replacedBy	gptkb:200-inch_Hale_Telescope
gptkbp:status	operational
gptkbp:telescopeType	gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:type	equatorial mount
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkbp:usedFor	gptkb:astronomer
gptkbp:usedForDiscovery	gptkb:Hubble's_Law expansion of the universe classification of galaxies Cepheid variable stars in Andromeda distance to Andromeda Galaxy evidence for galaxies outside the Milky Way
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mount_Wilson_Observatory
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	100-inch Hooker Telescope