The librarian who became Palomar’s first female telescope operator, and who discovered her own comets

From 1985 to 2014, Jean Mueller supported astronomers from around the world who came to Palomar to use its iconic instruments ...
IndiaWest

Mansi Kasliwal Becomes First Woman To Lead Caltech’s Palomar Observatory

When Mansi Manoj Kasliwal was 15, she left her hometown of Indore, for boarding school in the United States. Encouraged by a ...
CBS News 8

Palomar Observatory celebrates 75 years | A look inside one of the world's most prestigious facilities

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif — 2023 marks 75 years since the Palomar Observatory was first dedicated. The San Diego County scientific marvel recently made headlines after the famous green comet was ...
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Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe

9:05 a.m. Oct. 3, 2023: An earlier version of this story said Edwin Hubble used the label “N” on a photographic plate to mean nebula. It stood for nova. Los Angeles was once the best place in the ...
SpaceNews

NSF-Funded Wireless Network Leads Palomar Observatory Astronomers to Major Discoveries

For the past three years, astronomers at the California Institute of Technology’s Palomar Observatory in Southern California have been using the High Performance Wireless Research and Education ...
Islands on MSN

This Underrated California Park Offers Pacific Views And Majestic Mountain Scenery

Just outside San Diego, a hidden California park offers lush forests, wildflower meadows, and sweeping Pacific views from its mountain summit.
Fox 5 San Diego

3.6-magnitude earthquake recorded northwest of Palomar Observatory

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — An earthquake shook part of San ...

Mansi Kasliwal becomes 1st woman to head Caltech's Palomar Observatory

Professor Mansi Manoj Kasliwal has been appointed director of Palomar Observatory, making her the first woman and second PIO to lead the facility. An ...