That telescope would be quite an amazing instrument even if it had been built today, but to think it was designed and built in the 1930's/40's without the aid of computer simulations or other modern technology, and it is still an active research instrument after all these years....I find that completely mind-blowing.
I feel fortunate to live within an hour driving time to Palomar. Big trees and nice campground nearby as well. A good amount of dwarf planets were discovered in the early 2000s at Palomar. really cool that it's still viable. The story of how they managed to get all that stuff up the twisty mountain road back then is amazing as well.
I grew up in SD and we took a school field trip to the observatory as part of our science program. Ever since I've been addicted to the night sky. Cant beat it. Just unfortunate the amount of light pollution we've added since then.
Thanks for the video. I visited the "Big Eye" in March 2003 after waiting 57 years to tour the observatory. Phenomenal, near perfect machine, was worth the wait.
Thanks for sharing that, and it was extremely kind of PZ Myers to serve as your person tour guide. He must be looking for an octopus on Alpha Centauri. :)
Little tip for you! (Courtesy of NewScientist magazine.) If you go out into bright sunlight, and it makes you start sneezing, then go back into the shade for a few seconds (you should stop sneezing), then come back out into the sunlight. Problem fixed, no sneezing a second time...
There's a book called "The Perfect Machine" which describes the construction of the Mount Palomar observatory and the difficulties of building the 200 inch telescope.
On July 26th, 1974 at 628pm, there was a paranormal psychokinesis experiment at NBC universe studio in Los Angeles. At that moment all the clocks stop at Mount Palomar Observatory.
This is awesome. I live in the Canary Islands, I'm definitely heading out to see the GTC(biggest optical telescope ever built, inaugurated 2 days ago) sometime in the near future when they start admitting visitors if they haven't already.
As a teenager I had a book about this telescope. It's one of two of my favourite telescopes. The other is the Joddrel Bank Radio Telescope in Cheshire UK; I seen that one; wish I could go to Palomar.
There are many relatively small asteroids with "moons" as well. By the 2006 definition, planets need to orbit the sun, achieve hydrostatic equilibrium, and (where pluto fails) clear their orbital neighborhood.
Yeah still driving my scope on analog computer gear control and what not. Also using liquid nitrogen cooled 4 inch sensors driven by 90km laser guidance on my 530 ton telescope too. Palomar and me are old and new school!
Great tour! Thanks for posting this. I plan on visiting the 200-inch Hale on Sunday the 27th this month. Can't wait! Can you share with me how you got in touch with Scott for the personal tour. I've been working in large optics fabrication for over 25 years and for my work have had the great pleasure of visiting the HET in Texas and the SALT telescope in South Africa. I'd love to get an inside view of this historical masterpiece!
Hmm... I'm feeling inspired.. I'm not that far from the largest refracting telescope currently existing (there was a bigger one but it was a failure). I have no inside contacts, I doubt I could get this kind of personal tour... but I wonder...
True true, it's just after making fun of Thunder he took it upon himself to challenge him. Thunderfoot should turn north to "canada" if that's even where PCS really is for another debate.
Lol, the first time i saw that 'thing' at 0:50, i thought it was a smiley face drawn by some vandal! It was only upon closer inspection that i realise the 'eyes' were the bolts and the 'smile' was some...thing. Dont know what it is called.
In fact it was my PhD work with my colleagues , developing a sodium lidar to create an artificial star in Germany from 1980 on; prior to the US "classified" work. Typical silly US idea to classify this work, since all technical details had already been published broadly at that time !
Mercury and Venus have no moons are they still planets? I'm sure if your claim of what wikipidia is accurate 134340 would only be an additional identifier not a replacement of the name Pluto.
legalizemarijuananos, calm down man; first it is still a planetary body. That guy is then mistaken. It is considered a dwarf planet because it only fits 2 of the 3 criteria for an, essentially, full grown planet.
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That telescope would be quite an amazing instrument even if it had been built today, but to think it was designed and built in the 1930's/40's without the aid of computer simulations or other modern technology, and it is still an active research instrument after all these years....I find that completely mind-blowing.
I feel fortunate to live within an hour driving time to Palomar. Big trees and nice campground nearby as well. A good amount of dwarf planets were discovered in the early 2000s at Palomar. really cool that it's still viable. The story of how they managed to get all that stuff up the twisty mountain road back then is amazing as well.
I grew up in SD and we took a school field trip to the observatory as part of our science program. Ever since I've been addicted to the night sky. Cant beat it. Just unfortunate the amount of light pollution we've added since then.
Thanks for the video. I visited the "Big Eye" in March 2003 after waiting 57 years to tour the observatory. Phenomenal, near perfect machine, was worth the wait.
I remember looking through old astronomy books as a kid noticing so many spectacular photographs taken with the Hale telescope at Mt. Palomar.
Thanks for sharing that, and it was extremely kind of PZ Myers to serve as your person tour guide. He must be looking for an octopus on Alpha Centauri. :)
Wonderful. Very interesting....I didn't even know that place existed.
Thank you Tf00t
Little tip for you! (Courtesy of NewScientist magazine.) If you go out into bright sunlight, and it makes you start sneezing, then go back into the shade for a few seconds (you should stop sneezing), then come back out into the sunlight. Problem fixed, no sneezing a second time...
There's a book called "The Perfect Machine" which describes the construction of the Mount Palomar observatory and the difficulties of building the 200 inch telescope.
On July 26th, 1974 at 628pm, there was a paranormal psychokinesis experiment at NBC universe studio in Los Angeles. At that moment all the clocks stop at Mount Palomar Observatory.
This is awesome. I live in the Canary Islands, I'm definitely heading out to see the GTC(biggest optical telescope ever built, inaugurated 2 days ago) sometime in the near future when they start admitting visitors if they haven't already.
thanks for filming this. Was very interesting listening to.
Wow! This was nice. Thanks for the upload!
Larry, Taiwan
you should make it out to Charlottesville VA and get a tour of the Technology building for the NRAO. You would love hearing about ALMA.
Up the stairs of knowledge where PCS will never dare to go :)
It's good to see you enjoying yourself TF, that looked amazing.
As a teenager I had a book about this telescope. It's one of two of my favourite telescopes. The other is the Joddrel Bank Radio Telescope in Cheshire UK; I seen that one; wish I could go to Palomar.
thanks Scott!
You deserve to have your own show on discovery!!!
That was very good thanks for sharing
Awesome stuff! Thank you VERY much for sharing it with us all!
Very interesting! This could be a bit on Reading Rainbow.
amazing place!
This is just bad ass. Thanks for sharing!
thanks to CaptainCaustic and Palomarskyguy for helping set this up,
WOW what an great tour.....
Thank you for this amazing video.
4:47 I too have the photic sneeze reflex.
Hehe, great run up the stairs there. =)
Excellent video as per usual.
I LOVE SCOTT.
seriously.
Very good stuff.
adaptic optics technology is very cool.
Fascinating stuff. Keep it up TF!
This is AMAZING.
This is so very Awesome !
this is really close to where I live. i didnt know you were traveling that far south in California.
lol @ "Blast the optic nerve..." Sounds like me, a very nerdy response to photic sneeze reflexes.
9:59
Sounded a lil' sinister....
Exactly...exactly.....
or mabye just a bit regretful.
Great tour.
There are many relatively small asteroids with "moons" as well. By the 2006 definition, planets need to orbit the sun, achieve hydrostatic equilibrium, and (where pluto fails) clear their orbital neighborhood.
Yeah still driving my scope on analog computer gear control and what not. Also using liquid nitrogen cooled 4 inch sensors driven by 90km laser guidance on my 530 ton telescope too. Palomar and me are old and new school!
Amazing.
Great tour! Thanks for posting this. I plan on visiting the 200-inch Hale on Sunday the 27th this month. Can't wait! Can you share with me how you got in touch with Scott for the personal tour. I've been working in large optics fabrication for over 25 years and for my work have had the great pleasure of visiting the HET in Texas and the SALT telescope in South Africa. I'd love to get an inside view of this historical masterpiece!
Hmm... I'm feeling inspired.. I'm not that far from the largest refracting telescope currently existing (there was a bigger one but it was a failure). I have no inside contacts, I doubt I could get this kind of personal tour... but I wonder...
Hey Tfoot, Ive been there before. Its near a camp ground that has telescope pads...its just down the hill a few miles it will be on your left handside
Tfoot has the optic nerve sneezes too.
3:47 wow.. just a few ounces! Incredibly lucky man TF.
Photic sneeze reflex, its an inherited trait. Not everybody has it.
"Are you afraid of heights?" - haha what a question to ask Thunderf00t, who is in many of his videos standing right on the edge of huge cliffs. :D
4:40, photic sneeze reflex :P
True true, it's just after making fun of Thunder he took it upon himself to challenge him. Thunderfoot should turn north to "canada" if that's even where PCS really is for another debate.
"Please do a tour of the Parkes radio telescope"
Parkes might be the only "movie star" I would ever want to meet.
I think you misunderstood, I didn't say it was an asteroid. other then orbiting the sun what dose it do to act like a planet?
Love your videos there just to good
cool vid, I admit i dont know what their talkng about a lot of the time, but it is still cool. Too bad that it has so few views.
Lol, the first time i saw that 'thing' at 0:50, i thought it was a smiley face drawn by some vandal! It was only upon closer inspection that i realise the 'eyes' were the bolts and the 'smile' was some...thing. Dont know what it is called.
Whoa.
I just saw the Palomar Observatory on the news, it appears to be on fire. Or at least the land right next to it. :(
Photic sneeze reflexers of the world - unite!
I'd pay a lot of money to get to look through that...
F*ing amazing!
5/5!
"So are you afraid of heights?"
"Not really."
I could've guessed. Mister i'm-gunna-stand-right-on-the-edge-of-a-massive-cliff. :P
Thanks for the vid.
amazing, love these vids =]
0:49 Smiley Face Telescope! :)
Why are your videos to great :)
should we start including all the asteroids that orbit the sun?
Well, no one denounced it's planetary status. It is just a dwarf planet. It is one of many, like Eris, which is bigger than Pluto.
He's not afraid of heights, he's afraid of "brights"! Hahaha!!!
Ah, I'm so funny... :P
In fact it was my PhD work with my colleagues , developing a sodium lidar to create an artificial star in Germany from 1980 on; prior to the US "classified" work.
Typical silly US idea to classify this work, since all technical details had already been published broadly at that time !
I'm waiting for someone to claim the footage captured an orb at 2:35.
Haha, TF is like a child in a candy store in this one :)
According to Wikipedia: "The condition affects 18-35% of the human population."
I am also included in this group.
What kind of power train has the capacity to move 530 tons, using only 1/12 Horsepower?!?!?
ok that was a good video. But I still want my muhahaha to stand
That's pretty amazing T!
Thank you lover boy!
God Bless Tf00t, LMAO
Will I hurt the moon's feeling if I do? I'm sorry I didn't realise it was so vulnerable. I take everything back. I apologise moon.
lucky man TF
Wow can I have that telescope please
Which tour was this?
He's like a kid in a candy store.
Mercury and Venus have no moons are they still planets? I'm sure if your claim of what wikipidia is accurate 134340 would only be an additional identifier not a replacement of the name Pluto.
I'M FUCKING GOING TO SCHOOL THERE
Damn you walk fast XD
The inside of that place looks like a prison.
Back to the Future, lol.
rebel wiothout a cause
530 ton telescope* :D
just take a toke on a joint and relax man.
Photic sneeze reflex.
Meh...
Great vid as per normal. Machinery Pr0n in addition to nerd Pr0n.
legalizemarijuananos, calm down man; first it is still a planetary body. That guy is then mistaken. It is considered a dwarf planet because it only fits 2 of the 3 criteria for an, essentially, full grown planet.
ffs :( went to hit play after I paused it and hit 1 star :( sob.
haha "are you afraid of hights?"
umm...... ive kinda been exposed to hights......
That was a joke at the expense of people who claim that supernatural orbs exist which can only be captured by photographs. :)
fithsies
That's the famous atheist blogger Thunderf00t?
Probably because he is a troll.
Lol
would like to see religion build that.
legalizemarjuananous
Why the hell does it matter? It's just a label.
Is TF afraid of hieghts. HA!
1st. Muhahaha
PROTIP: Once you see it. You can't unsee it.