Mount Wilson Observatory
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The Mount Wilson Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a 5,710-foot peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pa
Looking down on the top of Mount Wilson, including the historic 100" Hooker telescope (center), the 60" telescope (center left), and the CHARA array
At the base of the 150-foot Solar Tower
Top of the Solar tower containing the mirrors
The 60-inch (1.5 m) telescope at Mt. Wilson.
Leviathan of Parsonstown
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The Leviathan of Parsonstown, or Rosse six-foot telescope, is a historic reflecting telescope of 72 inches aperture, which was the largest telescope in the world from 1845 until the construction of th
Mount Wilson Observatory
…Mount Wilson was an enormous task. First light was December 13, 1908. It was, at the time, the largest operational telescope in the world. Lord Rosse's Leviathan of Parsonstown, a 72-inch (1.8-meter) telescope built in 1845, was, by the 1890s, out of commission. Although slightly smaller than the Leviathan, the 60-inch had…
Victorian picture of the "Leviathan of Parsonstown"
A 1:24 model of the telescope made by Parsons in 1844–45.
Reconstructed telescope seen from a distance
The Irish low-frequency array (I-LOFAR) radio telescope in the castle grounds.