Talk: The Architects of the Cosmos: People and Discoveries at Mount Wilson
Schedule
Thu Jan 08 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Plymouth University | Plymouth, EN
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Meet on Campus in Rolle 2 7:30 PM StartTalk: "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.
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