PIX4655445: Mount Palomar Observatory - 1.2 m Oschin Telescope - 1.2 m Oschin Schmidt telescope - Palomar observatory, California. - View of Schmidt Samuel Oschin telescope at Mount Palomar Observatory in California. Samuel Oschin telescope is a 48 - inch (1.22 - m) aperture Schmidt camera. Its construction was completed in 1948. It originally used glass photographic plates but the camera is now converted to use CCD imager / Bridgeman Images
PIX4655747: Observation night at Pic du Midi observatory - Soiree d'observation à l'Observatoire du Pic du Midi observatory. An iridium flash is visible near the center of the image. June 2011. Observing night at Pic du Midi observatory. An iridium flash bumps the night sky. June 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4654261: Las Campanas Observatory - 1989 - Las Campanas Observatory - 1989 - Las Campanas Observatory seen in 1989. At the bottom of the picture is the cupola of the 2.5-metre Irenee du Pont telescope, in the middle, the cupola of the 60 cm telescope of the University of Toronto, now removed, at the bottom, the 1 metre Swope telescope. Las Campanas observatory seen in 1989. Bottom is the 2,5 meter Irenee du Pont telescope, middle is the 60 - cm telescope of university of Toronto, today dismantled, back is the dome of the 1 meter Swope telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4654367: La Palma Observatory - La Palma observatory - The Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory is located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands. At 2400 m above sea level, this European Boreal Observatory is one of the largest astronomical centres in the world. Roque de Los Muchachos observatory is located at the top of La Palma island, in Canary islands. This is one of the largest astronomical centre in the world / Bridgeman Images
PIX4654388: La Palma Observatory - La Palma observatory - The Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory is located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish Canary Islands. At 2400 m above sea level, this European Boreal Observatory is one of the largest astronomical centres in the world. In the foreground the 1.2m telescope Mercator Roque de Los Muchachos observatory is located at the top of La Palma island, in Canary islands. This is one of the largest astronomical centre in the world. Foreground is the 1.2 meter telescope Mercator / Bridgeman Images
PIX4654526: La Palma Observatory: Gamma ray telescope MAGIC - La Palma Observatory: The MAGIC Gamma ray telescope - The Major Atmospheric Gamma - ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC telescope) is a telescope located at the Roque de los Muchachos de La Palma, in the Canary Islands. MAGIC - I is a telescope of 17 meters in diameter. MAGIC - II is a second telescope of 17 m in diameter located 85 meters from the first telescope (in operation since April 2009). MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma - ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) is a Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescope situated at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma, one of the Canary Islands, at about 2200 m above sea level. It detects particle showers released by cosmic gamma - rays, using the Cherenkov radiation. With a diameter of 17 meters for the reflecting surface, it is the largest in the world. A second MAGIC telescope (MAGIC 2) at a distance of 85 m from the first one has started taking data in July 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4654541: Telescope geant Grantecan - La Palma Observatory - Grantecan - La Palma observatory - The Grantecan telescope (Gran Telescopio Canarias) is the largest telescope in the world (2008). Its hexagonal mirror measures 10.4 m in diameter. It is located at 2400 m above sea level, at the Roque de Los Muchachos Observatory, located at the top of the island of La Palma, in the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands. The Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), called GranteCAN, is a 10.4 m reflecting telescope and is undertaking commissioning observations at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma, Spain / Bridgeman Images
PIX4655880: SALT - SALT - The dome of SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), which houses an 11-metre hexagonal mirror telescope. Sutherland, South Africa. The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is in 2008, the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 metres across. Sutherland, Republic of South Africa / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656107: File d'étoiles - Observatoire de La Silla - Chile - T3.6m et CAT - Star trails - La Silla observatory - CAT and 3.6m domes - File d'etoiles sur les cupolas du CAT et 3,6m Observatoire de La Silla. 2006 Star trails with domes of the CAT and 3,6m telescopes at La Silla observatory, Chile. 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656553: Star sky on the Tenerife Observatory - Starry sky above Teide observatory - Star sky on the Tenerife Observatory, Canary Islands. August 2010. Carlos Sanchez infrared telescope dome. Starry sky above Carlos Sanchez Telescope at Tenerife observatory in Canary islands. August 2010 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647014: Shuttle External Reservoir Columbia - 04/1993 - STS - 55 Columbia's external tank falls back to Earth - The external reservoir, separated from Columbia, falls back to Earth. It is the only element of the shuttle that is not reused as it is destroyed during its fall into the atmosphere. 26/04/1993. Columbians's external tank falls back to Earth; April 26, 1993 After main engine cutoff and external tank (ET) separation, the ET falls back towards Earth. Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle 102, continues to orbit insertion and circularization for its STS-55 mission. The ET orbiter aft attachment and feedline are clearly visible / Bridgeman Images
PIX4655875: SALT - SALT - The dome of SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), which houses an 11-metre hexagonal mirror telescope. Sutherland, South Africa. The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is in 2008, the largest single optical telescope in the southern hemisphere, with a hexagonal mirror array 11 metres across. Sutherland, Republic of South Africa / Bridgeman Images
PIX4655895: Cape Town Observatory - South Africa - SAAO - The McClean refractor - The dome of the 61 cm McLean telescope at the Cape Town Observatory in South Africa. South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) in Cape town. The 61 cm (24”) McClean telescope (the Victoria Telescope), designed by Grubb in 1897 is housed in a dome planned by the renowned architect Sir Herbert Baker. Today it is mainly used on open nights, introducing visitors to some of the showpieces in the sky. Republic of South Africa / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656333: Star Trains on the Observatory of Siding Spring - Star trails above Anglo - Australian Observatory - Photographic installation of several hours and dome of Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. As the earth rotates the stars appear to move across the sky, as do the more obvious sun and Moon This effect is easily recorded by leaving a camera outdoors with its shutter open during the night. To make this picture, the camera was pointed to the southwest, towards the dome of the AAT, from the UK Schmidt building on Siding Spring Mountain in New South Wales / Bridgeman Images
PIX4656386: The SOFIA telescope - SOFIA telescope - View of the infrared telescope SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) ships aboard a Boeing 747 on 14 April 2010. Nasa's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy - or SOFIA - soars over California's snow - covered Southern Sierras on a test flight. April 14, 201 / Bridgeman Images