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Number of Asteroids Discovered
at Palomar Observatory:

(as of September 18, 2008 according to the Minor Planet Center). Current asteroid searches at Palomar Observatory are conducted by JPL's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking (http://neat.jpl.nasa.gov)

News & Science Results from Palomar Observatory

Recent Scientific Publications from Palomar Observatory

Super-luminous stellar explosion observed via the Palomar Observatory, possibly resulting in a quark star

Astrophysicist Wins One of First Kavli Prizes

A Stellar Death Caught in the Act
Palomar 60-inch telescope image of Supernovae

Caltech Helps Open the Universe in "WorldWide Telescope"
WorldWide Telescope

Palomar Observatory Hosts Live Interactive Virtual Exploration for Astronomy Day 2008 via HPWREN

Palomar Observatory now upgraded to 155Mbps connectivity via HPWREN

'Shot in the Dark' Star Explosion Stuns Astronomers

Instrument to reveal hidden worlds by blocking out starlight
The Lyot Project

Caltech Astronomers Obtain Sharpest-Ever Pictures of the Heavens

Palomar Observatory's Sky Survey is the Cosmic Canvas in the New Google Sky
Digital Palomar Observatory Sky Survey Images in Google Sky

Astronomers Find Largest Exoplanet to Date

The Dwarf Planet Known as Eris is More Massive than Pluto, New Data Shows

Massive Transiting Planet with 31-hour Year Found Around Distant Star   and Astronomers Find Their Third Planet With Novel Telescope Network

Caltech and Berkeley Astronomers Identify a New Class of Cosmic Explosions

Astronomers Obtain Highly Detailed Image of the "Red Square" By Using Adaptive Optics of Palomar and Keck Telescopes

Palomar Observatory Participates in live remote broadcasts via the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network

Space Foundation honors the California Institute of Technology with Jack Swigert Award for Space Exploration

New Window of Universe Opens at Griffith; Unprecedented Image from Palomar

The Dwarf Planet Formerly Known as Xena Has Officially Been Named Eris, IAU Announces

Jupiter-Sized Transiting Planet Found by Astronomers Using Novel Telescope Network. More on TrES-2

Caltech astronomer Richard Ellis featured in Time Magazine's Let There Be Light

Xena Awarded "Dwarf Planet" Status, IAU Rules; Solar System Now Has Eight "Classical" Planets see also IAU Resolution on the definition of a planet

NSF-Funded Wireless Network Leads Palomar Observatory Astronomers to Major Discoveries and UCSD’s Supercomputer Center Helps Palomar Share Its Cosmic Discoveries and Wireless Network Helps Unlock Secrets of the Universe from Space.com

Movie and images of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 from the Hale Telescope
Palomar Observes Broken Comet

Caltech/Palomar astronomer Mike Brown named by Time Magazine as one of their Time 100: People Who Shape Our World

The Palomar Observatory was featured in the Winter 2006 issue of Subaru Drive Magazine

Changing the Guard: Ellis Gives Kulkarni Key to the Observatory

Large survey of galaxies yields new findings on star formation

Most Distant Explosion in Universe Detected

Planetary Scientists Discover Tenth Planet
Work Continues on the Solar System's Three Recently Discovered Objects
     More information on the 2003 UB313 and the Samuel Oschin Telescope

Deep Impact comet photographed by the 200-inch Hale Telescope

Thousands flock to Palomar for Observatory Open House

Time-lapse movie of aluminizing the 200-inch mirror filmed June, 2005 (~150 mb)

Laser Points to the Future at Palomar

Holographic Filter Allows Astronomers to Read between the Lines

Hunting Gamma-Ray Bursts at Palomar Observatory
Astronomers Measure Distance to Well-Known Star

The Palomar-QUEST survey

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