Chews Ridge Lookout
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The Chews Ridge Lookout is located at the northern end of the Santa Lucia Range of the Los Padres National Forest, about 50 miles southeast of Monterey, California, and approximately 30 miles west of
Color slide of Chews Ridge Lookout circa 1934
The Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy is an independent, non-profit, professional astronomical observatory dedicated to astronomical education and research, near Monterey, California. It wa
Chews Ridge Lookout
…resulted in small sharp star images". Two student members traveled to the Monterey area to investigate the Santa Lucia Range. In 1972, members of the Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy applied to the Forest Service for a use permit, and it was granted in 1974. Over the next couple of years, the Case students moved to Monterey County…
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The MIRA Bernard M. Oliver Observing Station in winter
OOS at Sunrise
MIRA's Oliver Observing Station with the roof rolled off