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The Palomar Observatory is located in north San Diego County, California. It is a world-class center of astronomical research that is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. The observatory is home to five telescopes that are nightly used for a wide variety of astronomical research programs. The research is conducted by Caltech's faculty, post-doctoral fellows and students, and by researchers at Caltech's collaborating institutions.
The Palomar Observatory is open to the public daily (except December 24 and 25) for daytime visits. Hale Telescope Web Cam Palomar Observatory All-sky Camera View. | W. M. Keck Observatory. NRAO Very Large Array. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (Arecibo Observatory) Space, Stars, Mars, Earth, Planets and More - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA.