Talk: The Architects of the Cosmos: People and Discoveries at Mount Wilson

Name: Talk: The Architects of the Cosmos: People and Discoveries at Mount Wilson
Start: 2026-01-08T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-01-08T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Plymouth University

Schedule

Thu Jan 08 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Plymouth University | Plymouth, EN

Meet on Campus in Rolle 2 7:30 PM Start
Talk: "The Architects of the Cosmos: People and Discoveries at Mount Wilson" by Clive Beech.
Followed by Steve's "Whats Up in the January Sky".
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Here is an abstract for the talk
In the winter of 1888/9, William Henry Pickering used a 13” Clark Refractor to conduct observations from Mount Wilson, California. After a year, he declared it an excellent site for an observatory. Over the next 50 years, Mount Wilson became a leading centre for sidereal and solar astronomy, and a starting point for modern cosmology. This presentation follows the founding and growth of the observatory, the people who built and worked there, and the discoveries made.