Mount Wilson Observatory

The Mount Wilson Observatory is an in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on , a 5,710-foot peak in the near , northeast of Los Angeles.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California
  • Also known as: “672 MW”, “Đài thiên văn Mount Wilson”, “Hooker-Teleskop”, “Hookertelescoop”, “Maunt-Vilson Astronomik Rasadxonasi”, “Monte Wilson”, “Mount Wilson”, “Mount Wilson Gözlemevi”, “Mount Wilson Observatorium”, “Mount Wilson Observatory,”, “Mount Wilson Obszervatórium”, “Mount Wilsoni päikeseobservatoorium”, “Mount-Wilson-Observatoire”, “Observatoire astronomique du Mont Wilson”, “Observatoire du mont wilson”, “Observatoire du Mount Wilson”, “Observatori del Mont Wilson”, “Observatori Mount Wilson”, “Observatori Wilson”, “Observatorio Monto Wilson”, “Observatorio Mount Wilson”, “Observatório Mount Wilson”, “Observatoris Hale”, “Obserwatorium Mount Wilson”, “Osservatorio di Mount Wilson”, “Маунт-Вилсоновская обсерватория”, “Маўнт-Вілсан”, “Маунт-Вілсон”, “Обсерватория Маунт-Вилсон”, “Обсерватория Маунт-Уилсон”, “Обсерваторія Маунт-Вільсон”, “رصدخانهٔ کوهٔ ویلسون”, “威尔森天文台”, “威尔逊天文台”, and “虎克式望遠鏡”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mount Wilson.

Peak
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is at the peak of the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Box and Kinneloa Mesa.

Locality
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is the name of the junction of the Angeles… is situated 3½ miles northwest of Mount Wilson Observatory.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located… is situated 3½ miles southwest of Mount Wilson Observatory.

Town
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is a city in Los Angeles County… is situated 4½ miles south of Mount Wilson Observatory.

Mount Wilson Observatory

Latitude
34.22415° or 34° 13′ 27″ north
Longitude
-118.05739° or 118° 3′ 27″ west
Elevation
5,689 feet (1,734 metres)
Open location code
85636WFV+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 139855852
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­institutional
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Geo­Names ID
5375347
Wiki­data ID
Q466863
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Wilson Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرصد جبل ويلسون”
  • Armenian: “Մաունթ Վիլսոնի աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu del Monte Wilson”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vilson dağı rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Mount Wilson behatokia”
  • Basque: “Mount Wilson Behatokia”
  • Belarusian: “Абсерваторыя Маўнт-Вілсан”
  • Belarusian: “Маўнт-Ўілсан”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Mount Wilson”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی چیای ویڵسۆن”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊山天文台”
  • Chinese: “威爾遜山天文台”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Mount Wilson”
  • Danish: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Mount Wilson-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد جبل ويلسون”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio de Monto Wilson”
  • Estonian: “Mount Wilsoni observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Mount Wilsonin observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire du Mont Wilson”
  • French: “Observatoire du Mont Wilson”
  • Georgian: “მაუნტ-უილსონის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Mount-Wilson-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του όρους Γουίλσον”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הר וילסון”
  • Hungarian: “Wilson-hegyi Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Gunung Wilson”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Mount Wilson”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Mount Wilson”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Monte Wilson”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Monte Wilson”
  • Japanese: “ウィルソン山天文台”
  • Kazakh: “Маунт-Уилсон обсерваториясы”
  • Korean: “윌슨산 천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Montis Wilson”
  • Lithuanian: “Maunt Vilsonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mount Wilson-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Маунт Вилсон”
  • Malayalam: “മൗണ്ട് വിൽസൺ ഒബ്സർവേറ്ററി”
  • Mingrelian: “მაუნთ-ვილსონიშ ობსერვატორია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Wilson-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه کوه ویلسون”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه مونت‌ویلسون”
  • Polish: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Monte Wilson”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Mont Wilson”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Вилсон”
  • Serbian: “Opservatorija Maunt Vilson”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio del Monte Wilson”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Monte Wilson”
  • Swedish: “Mount Wilson-observatoriet”
  • Tamil: “வில்சன் சிகர விண்காணகம்”
  • Tatar: “Маунт-Вилсон”
  • Turkish: “Wilson Dağı Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Маунт-Вілсон”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ولسن، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Maunt-vilson astronomik rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Mount Wilson astronomik rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Núi Wilson”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Mount Wilson”
  • Yue Chinese: “威爾遜山天文台”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Mount Wilson and Newcomb Pass.

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