Palomar Observatory

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomer
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Russell_W._Porter
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Palomar-Green_survey_objects
comets
numerous asteroids
quasars
gptkbp:elevation 1,713 meters
gptkbp:established 1948
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:Rockefeller_Foundation
gptkbp:Hale_TelescopeAperture 200 inches
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Palomar Observatory
gptkbp:latitude 33.3563° N
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:California
San Diego County
gptkbp:location gptkb:Palomar_Mountain
gptkbp:longitude 116.8648° W
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Palomar_Mountain
gptkbp:notableEvent First light of Hale Telescope in 1949
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Allan_Sandage
gptkb:Edwin_Hubble
gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkb:Allan_R._Sandage
gptkb:Clyde_Tombaugh
gptkb:Donald_E._Osterbrock
gptkb:Eleanor_F._Helin
gptkb:Frank_J._Low
gptkb:Fritz_Zwicky
gptkb:George_O._Abell
gptkb:Grote_Reber
gptkb:Halton_Arp
gptkb:Jesse_L._Greenstein
gptkb:Maarten_Schmidt
gptkb:Milton_Humason
gptkb:Olin_Eggen
gptkb:Tom_Gehrels
gptkbp:notableTelescope gptkb:Hale_Telescope
gptkbp:openToPublic limited
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:Palomar_48-inch_Schmidt_TelescopeAperture 48 inches
gptkbp:Palomar_60-inch_TelescopeAperture 60 inches
gptkbp:Samuel_Oschin_TelescopeAperture 48 inches
gptkbp:surveyedBy gptkb:Palomar_Observatory_Sky_Survey
gptkb:Palomar_Transient_Factory
gptkbp:telescopeType gptkb:Hale_Telescope
gptkb:Palomar_48-inch_Schmidt_Telescope
gptkb:Palomar_60-inch_Telescope
gptkb:Samuel_Oschin_Telescope
gptkbp:usedFor astronomical research
public outreach
sky surveys
gptkbp:website https://www.astro.caltech.edu/palomar/homepage.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Allan_Sandage
gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:George_Ellery_Hale
gptkb:Walter_Baade
gptkb:Astronomie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4