Every time Nied guided the telescope to a new target, the giant machine made a whining noise and the rotating dome rumbled. The design and construction of the huge Hale telescope tube and mounting also presented a challenge. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. In addition, the 200-inch serves as the receiving end of NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment, which recently transmitted a cat video via lasers down to the telescope, demonstrating a new way to beam high-bandwidth data from space.

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On January 26, 1949, renowned astronomer Edwin Hubble took the telescope's first picture, a celebratory moment in astronomy known as first light. The problem with my cheap scope was not that you wouldn't see anything (you could, Moon, Jupiter's moons, resolve binary stars like Albireo), but that it was extremely shaky. Like ZTF, both telescopes are designed to look for cosmic fireworks and other rapidly changing objects. Developing and maintaining contacts among colleagues and peers may be vital for a successful career.

Zoom In to Image Pictured here are just some members of Palomar's staff who keep the observatory running smoothly. Always read labels, warnings, directions and other information provided with the product before using it. These instruments are used to spread light apart into its different wavelengths and reveal clues about the composition and other characteristics of cosmic objects. The sheer size of the Hale Telescope, a 530-ton structure containing a 200-inch, first-of-its-kind Pyrex mirror, led to engineering challenges that took years to overcome.Astrophotography is permitted as well, but feel free to check out /r/astrophotography for more of that. They built an extremely good telescope," says Nied, who, along with a staff of more than 20 Caltech employees, spends his nights not only taking care of the 200-inch telescope but also several others at the site. Built at the same time as the 200-inch, with urging from astronomers Fritz Zwicky of Caltech and Walter Baade, the 48-inch telescope has a much wider field of view than the 200-inch.