Mount Wilson Observatory
Hooker-teleskopet ved Mount Wilson-observatoriet
Mount Wilson Observatory er et astronomisk observatorium nordøst for Los Angeles i California, USA.
Observatoriet ligger på toppen af Mount Wilson i en højde af 1.742 moh.
Edwin Hubbles opdagelse af andre galakser uden for vor egen, blev gjort med det 2,5m store Hooker-teleskop fra dette observatorium og offentliggjort 1. januar 1925.
Senere opdagede han, sammen med Milton L. Humason, rødforskydning, der sandsynliggjorde at universet stadig udvides.
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Koordinater: 34°13′30″N 118°03′26″V / 34.22503°N 118.05719°V
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100inchHooker.jpg
Forfatter/Opretter: Andrew Dunn, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
The 100 inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, California. This is the telescope that Edwin Hubble used to measure galaxy redshifts and discover the general expansion of the universe.
Forfatter/Opretter: Andrew Dunn, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
The 100 inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles, California. This is the telescope that Edwin Hubble used to measure galaxy redshifts and discover the general expansion of the universe.
At the time of this photograph, the Hooker telescope had been mothballed, although in 1992 it was refitted with adaptive optics and is once again in use.
Keywords: 100 inch Hooker, telescope, Mount Wilson Observatory, Edwin Hubble