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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”

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 Crest Highway, the -Red Box Road, and the Rincon-Red Box Road. It is located at the 1,422-meter saddle between and . is situated 3½ miles northwest of Mount Wilson Observatory.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in Los Angeles County, California, , with a population of 1,070 as of 2000. Unlike , a larger unincorporated area nearby, is not an official census-designated place. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Mount Wilson Observatory.

Town
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is a city in Los Angeles County, California, with a population of 11,268 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. The city is in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley below the southern edge of the . and are to its west, with to its south and east. 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-Вілсан”
  • Belarusian: “Маўнт-Ўілсан”
  • Catalan: “Mount Wilson Observatory,”
  • Catalan: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Mount Wilson”
  • Catalan: “Observatori del Mont Wilson”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Mount Wilson”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Wilson”
  • Catalan: “Observatoris Hale”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی چیای ویڵسۆن”
  • Chinese: “威尔森天文台”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊天文台”
  • Chinese: “威尔逊山天文台”
  • Chinese: “威爾遜山天文台”
  • Chinese: “虎克式望遠鏡”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Mount Wilson”
  • Danish: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Hookertelescoop”
  • Dutch: “Mount Wilson Observatorium”
  • Dutch: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Mount Wilson-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد جبل ويلسون”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio de Monto Wilson”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio Monto Wilson”
  • Estonian: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Estonian: “Mount Wilsoni observatoorium”
  • Estonian: “Mount Wilsoni päikeseobservatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Finnish: “Mount Wilson”
  • Finnish: “Mount Wilsonin observatorio”
  • French: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • French: “Observatoire astronomique du Mont Wilson”
  • French: “observatoire du Mont Wilson”
  • French: “Observatoire du mont wilson”
  • French: “Observatoire du Mont Wilson”
  • French: “Observatoire du Mount Wilson”
  • Georgian: “მაუნტ-უილსონის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Hooker-Teleskop”
  • German: “Mount Wilson”
  • German: “Mount-Wilson-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του όρους Γουίλσον”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הר וילסון”
  • Hungarian: “Mount Wilson Obszervatórium”
  • Hungarian: “Wilson-hegyi Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Gunung Wilson”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Mount Wilson”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Mount Wilson”
  • Italian: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Monte Wilson”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Monte Wilson”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Mount Wilson”
  • Japanese: “ウィルソン山天文台”
  • Korean: “윌슨산 천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Montis Wilson”
  • Lithuanian: “Maunt Vilsonas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mount Wilson-Observatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mount-Wilson-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Маунт Вилсон”
  • Malayalam: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • 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: “رصدخانهٔ کوهٔ ویلسون”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه مونت‌ویلسون”
  • Polish: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Mount Wilson”
  • Portuguese: “Mount Wilson Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Monte Wilson”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Mount Wilson”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Mont Wilson”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Вилсон”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Вилсоновская обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Маунт-Вилсон”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Маунт-Уилсон”
  • Serbian: “Opservatorija Maunt Vilson”
  • Spanish: “Monte Wilson”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio del Monte Wilson”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Monte Wilson”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Mount Wilson”
  • Swedish: “Mount Wilson-observatoriet”
  • Tamil: “வில்சன் சிகர விண்காணகம்”
  • Tatar: “Маунт-Вилсон”
  • Turkish: “Mount Wilson Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Wilson Dağı Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунт-Вілсон”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Маунт-Вілсон”
  • Ukrainian: “Обсерваторія Маунт-Вільсон”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ولسن، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Maunt-vilson astronomik rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Maunt-Vilson Astronomik Rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Mount Wilson astronomik rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Mount Wilson”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Núi Wilson”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Mount Wilson”
  • Yue Chinese: “威爾遜山天文台”

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