100-inch Hooker Telescope

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/100-inch_Hooker_Telescope
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 100-inch Hooker Telescope
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 astronomer
gptkbp:type equatorial mount
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkbp:usedFor 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