Palomar Observatory

observatory · US · 1712 m

Observatorio Palomar

Palomar Observatory — observatory — ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 · CC BY 4.0

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1712 m

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The Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in the Palomar Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Research time at the observatory is granted to Caltech and its research partners, which include the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Yale University, and the National Astronomical Observatories of China.

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