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California Trip - Day 5

Today was a fairly long day that started out with a trip out to Mount Palomar to get a tour of the Hale 200-inch telescope.  Jean, our guide of the facility was extremely knowledgeable, having worked in/around the massive telescope for many many years.  Gord and I got to see everything from the ground floor, the observatory dome, the telescope, control rooms and even the catwalks.

I took many photos, and start the lengthy process of stitching them together and processing them very very soon.

After our 2 hour tour of the Palomar Observatory, we travelled cross-country to join up with the Riverside Astronomical Society and the Southern California Desert Video Astronomers.  There we got a chance to meet Al Nagler (though he'll likely not remember us), and try out his Ethos line of wide field eyepieces.  Very Cool...

Tonight we're bunking at the Best Western in Yucca Valley.