From the AIP History Weekly Newsletter:

Article spotlight: Eun-Joo Ahn on the road to Mount Wilson Observatory

by Rebecca Charbonneau, American Institute of Physics

https://www.aip.org/history/article-spotlight-eun-joo-ahn-mount-wilson

#AIP #History #MountWilson #observatory #MountWilsonObservatory #California #science #HistoryOfScience #Astrodon #AIPHistory

This Week in Astronomy History, December 8 - 14

🔭 December 8, 1908: 60-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson sees first light
🚀 December 11, 1972: Apollo 17 lands on Moon
🛰️ December 14, 1962: Mariner 2 flies by Venus

https://lowell.edu/this-week-in-astronomy-history-december-8-14/

#Astrodon #Astronomy #MountWilson #obsevartory #telescope #Apollo #Apollo17 #Moon #Venus #Mariner2 #space #science #history #Historyofscience #spacecraft

via Angeles National Forest 🐦

Mt. Wilson, known for its stellar views of the night sky and scenic backcountry trails, has landed a spot in many of the surrounding communities’ hearts. Fire personnel continue to keep their focus on protecting and defending this historic area.

On January 10,2025 the #EatonFire reached #MountWilson and the adjacent communications towers. Due to previous fuel treatment work done by the Angeles National Forest and the heroic efforts of firefighting personnel, no impacts were sustained to the values are risk in the area. Crews were able to extinguish the fire defending this historic site. Forces will remain in the area to monitor for any potential hotspots.

L.A.’s ABC7 Loses Over-The-Air Signal From Mount Wilson Amid Eaton Fire
#News #ABC7 #KABC #LALocal #LAWildfires #MountWilson

https://deadline.com/2025/01/abc7-los-angeles-loses-over-the-air-signal-mount-wilson-eaton-fire-1236253872/

Under The 100″ Mount Wilson Telescope

Description: This one is beautiful in its abstractness. I messed with the colors a little but it was fairly monochrome to start with.

Can you guess what

https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/under-the-100-mount-wilson-telescope/

#Astronomy #California #NorthAmerica #PhotoOfTheDay #SomethingReallyCool #USA #100Telescope #astronomy #California #HookerTelescope #MountWilson #MountWilsonObservatory #observatory #PhotoOfTheDay #telescope #travel

This is a portion of a large photo, postcard and correspondence collection from the Schmidt and Chloupek families of Mishicot, Wisconsin. The majority of the correspondence in this set is addressed to George Schmidt Jr. (1934 – 2007). View George’s obituary here.

Tags: 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, aerial, george schmidt, bernice chloupek, northern life tower, seattle, milwaukee, sheep mountain, washington park, berthoud pass, new orleans, pikes peak, canada, toronto, salt lake city, state capitol, utah, denver, casa loma, col dousman, praire du chien, sherman mueller, villa louis, community house, two rivers, court house, manitowoc, arvin asplund, berry-lincoln store, new salem state park, brookfield zoo, carnegie astronomical observatory, henry schmitt, hooker reflector, mount wilson, hotel manitowoc, douglas bomber, lincoln park zoo, chicago, karl ratzsch’s, john spevacek, jack spevacek, mackinac island, madison, michigan avenue, milwaukee public library, glen kruse, stella solaris, lyle kruse, mungstener brucke, municipal auditorium, sarasota, florida, newport graded school, norwegian america line, ogden, ogden canyon, robert pohl, mount rainier, norway, camp belle isle, harry truman, jackson county, missouri, great lakes, illinois, u.s. naval training center, summer white house, lake superior, risor, bookmobile, schlob lichtenstein, arkansas, louis cootway, sebastian county court house, fort smith, swedish american line, memphis, zoo, smith tower

Download high resolution copies of these items on archive.org.

Know more about these items? Contact the museum.

https://mishicotmuseum.com/2024/08/06/george-a-schmidt-postcards-schmidt-chloupek-family-collection/

#1941 #1942 #1943 #1944 #1947 #1949 #1950 #1951 #1952 #1953 #1954 #1956 #1960 #1978 #1979 #1980 #1982 #aerial #arkansas #arvinAsplund #berniceChloupek #berryLincolnStore #berthoudPass #bookmobile #brookfieldZoo #campBelleIsle #canada #carnegieAstronomicalObservatory #casaLoma #chicago #colDousman #communityHouse #courtHouse #denver #douglasBomber #florida #fortSmith #georgeSchmidt #glenKruse #greatLakes #harryTruman #henrySchmitt #hookerReflector #hotelManitowoc #illinois #jackSpevacek #jacksonCounty #johnSpevacek #karlRatzschS #lakeSuperior #lincolnParkZoo #louisCootway #lyleKruse #mackinacIsland #madison #manitowoc #memphis #michiganAvenue #milwaukee #milwaukeePublicLibrary #missouri #mountRainier #mountWilson #mungstenerBrucke #municipalAuditorium #newOrleans #newSalemStatePark #newportGradedSchool #northernLifeTower #norway #norwegianAmericaLine #ogden #ogdenCanyon #pikesPeak #praireDuChien #risor #robertPohl #saltLakeCity #sarasota #schlobLichtenstein #seattle #sebastianCountyCourtHouse #sheepMountain #shermanMueller #smithTower #stateCapitol #stellaSolaris #summerWhiteHouse #swedishAmericanLine #toronto #twoRivers #uSNavalTrainingCenter #utah #villaLouis #washingtonPark #zoo