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News from Mount Wilson:

Huell Howser featured Mount Wilson Observatory in a one-hour California's Gold special airing on Southern California PBS stations in June and July. Airtimes are: KCET, Los Angeles, Sunday, June 20 at 7 pm & Saturday, June 26 at 7 pm; KVIE, Sacramento, Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm; KVPT, Fresno, Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm & Sunday, July 18 at 7 pm; KVCR, San Bernardino, Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm. Don't miss it!

Professor Charles Townes, leader of Berkeley's Infrared Spatial Interferometer on Mount Wilson and Nobel Laureate for his invention of the maser, reflects on the fiftieth anniversary of the laser.

The Michelson Prize, a new award in the field of optical interferometry is being co-sponsered by the Mount Wilson Institute and the International Astronomical Union.

New images from the CHARA Array showing the eclipse in the mysterious 27-year binary system epsilon Aurigae have been published in Nature.

2010 Mount Wilson Calendar is now available for on-line ordering

60-inch Telescope Model - Reserve one from a second edition

Banner photographs by David Jurasevich.


The Sky Over Mount

What Light Pollution?

David Jurasevich, Superintendent of Mount Wilson Observatory, routinely takes stunning astronomical images from atop Mount Wilson using his own extensive arsenal of astronomical telescopes and imaging equipment. The latest of these was taken on 18/19 April 2009 and is a beautiful view of the M51, the "Whirlpool Galaxy" located in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Mr. Jurasevich has a gallery of many more beautiful astronomical images, many of which were obtained from Mount Wilson Observatory. Although the Observatory is situated adjacent to one of the world's largest metropolitan areas, the light pollution over the mountain is not nearly as serious as one might think. In fact, with the enactment of lighting ordinances in the City and County of Los Angeles and other southern California communities, the skies over the Observatory are darker than they were a quarter century ago.

Enjoy these amazing astrophotographs!