NATS 1745 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Vesto Slipher, George Ellery Hale, Henrietta Swan Leavitt
14 Apr 2013
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He was instrumental in funding and building the world"s leading two telescopes of their day the 100inch (2. 5m) at mount wilson and the 200inch on palomar mountain, san diego county. Hale"s giant telescope ushered in a new era of astronomy the study of the structure of the universe. The 100inch was the earliest light buckets; in the world to be used by professional astronomers. Hale went for broke and ordered a 100inch to be cast at a factory in france. The next mirror broke when it was coming, hence the next nervous breakdown. Colleague walter adams climbed up and sliced the dome open to a star filled sky. The telescope pointed at the brilliant planet jupiter. They looked though, and their faces turned to horror. They went to bed to allowed the mirrors to cool down to the temperature and avoid heat. Instead of a single image they got 6-7 overlapping images current.
