Prime focus tour (1)
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Palomar Observatory: Prime focus tour (1) |
In the prime focus cage with Jesse Greenstein
Jesse Greenstein is the most senior astronomer at the California
Institute of Technology. He joined the Astronomy Department in 1948,
just as Palomar was coming on line, and has spent many
of the subsequent years using the 200-inch telescope to
make spectroscopic observations of faint hot stars
called white dwarfs.
Let us take you back to the summer of 1995,
when Jesse, then 85, came back one more time to the primary
focus cage of the Hale Telescope. He brought with
him the trustworthy spectrograph he had used on countless observing nights.
Even after so many years, he was still captivated by the atmosphere
the observing dome. And his fascination spellbound everyone
who had the incredible fortune to share this experience with him.
(Click the speaker icons on each page to hear AIFF files of Jesse's commentary.)
Jesse Greenstein in the 200-inch prime focus cage.
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