Mount Wilson Observatory
The Mount Wilson Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The MWO is located on Mount Wilson, a 5,710-foot peak in the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, northeast of Los Angeles.
Gvanbelle, Public domain.- Observatory
- …lies at an elevation of 5,689 feet (1,734 metres)
- …is also known as “672 MW”
- Description: astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California
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Red Box
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3½ miles northwest of Mount Wilson Observatory
Kinneloa Mesa
Hamlet
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3½ miles southwest of Mount Wilson Observatory
Sierra Madre
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4½ miles south of Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory
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Latitude
34.22415° or 34° 13′ 27″ north
Longitude
-118.05739° or 118° 3′ 27″ west
Open location code
85636WFV+M2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse = institutional
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = observatory
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mount Wilson Observatory” goes by many names.
مرصد جبل ويلسونArabic
Մաունթ Վիլսոնի աստղադիտարանArmenian
Observatoriu del Monte WilsonAsturian
Vilson dağı rəsədxanasıAzerbaijani
Mount Wilson BehatokiaBasque
Абсерваторыя Маўнт-ВілсанBelarusian
Маўнт-ВілсанBelarusian
Маўнт-ЎілсанBelarusian
Mount Wilson Observatory,Catalan
Observatori de Mount WilsonCatalan
Observatori del Mont WilsonCatalan
Observatori Mount WilsonCatalan
Observatori WilsonCatalan
Observatoris HaleCatalan
ڕوانگەی چیای ویڵسۆنCentral Kurdish
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Chinese
Observatoř Mount WilsonCzech
Mount Wilson ObservatoryDanish
HookertelescoopDutch
Mount Wilson ObservatoryDutch
Mount Wilson-observatoriumDutch
مرصد جبل ويلسونEgyptian Arabic
Observatorio de Monto WilsonEsperanto
Observatorio Monto WilsonEsperanto
Mount Wilson ObservatoryEstonian
Mount Wilsoni observatooriumEstonian
Mount Wilsoni päikeseobservatooriumEstonian
Mount WilsonFinnish
Mount Wilson ObservatoryFinnish
Mount Wilsonin observatorioFinnish
მაუნტ-უილსონის ობსერვატორიაGeorgian
Αστεροσκοπείο του όρους ΓουίλσονGreek
מצפה הר וילסוןHebrew
Mount Wilson ObszervatóriumHungarian
Wilson-hegyi ObszervatóriumHungarian
Observatorium Gunung WilsonIndonesian
Observatorium Mount WilsonIndonesian
Réadlann Mount WilsonIrish
Mount Wilson ObservatoryItalian
Osservatorio di Monte WilsonItalian
Osservatorio di Mount WilsonItalian
ウィルソン山天文台Japanese
Маунт-Уилсон обсерваториясыKazakh
윌슨산 천문대Korean
Observatorium Montis WilsonLatin
Maunt VilsonasLithuanian
Mount Wilson-ObservatoireLuxembourgish
Маунт ВилсонMacedonian
Mount Wilson ObservatoryMalayalam
മൗണ്ട് വിൽസൺ ഒബ്സർവേറ്ററിMalayalam
მაუნთ-ვილსონიშ ობსერვატორიაMingrelian
Mount Wilson ObservatoryNorwegian
Mount Wilson ObservatoryNorwegian Bokmål
Mount Wilson-observatorietNorwegian Nynorsk
رصدخانهٔ کوهٔ ویلسونPersian
رصدخانه مونتویلسونPersian
Mount Wilson ObservatoryPolish
Obserwatorium Mount WilsonPolish
Observatorul Mont WilsonRomanian
Маунт-ВилсонRussian
Маунт-Вилсоновская обсерваторияRussian
Обсерватория Маунт-ВилсонRussian
Обсерватория Маунт-УилсонRussian
Opservatorija Maunt VilsonSerbian
Mount Wilson-observatorietSwedish
வில்சன் சிகர விண்காணகம்Tamil
Маунт-ВилсонTatar
672 MWTurkish
Mount Wilson GözlemeviTurkish
Wilson Dağı GözlemeviTurkish
Маунт-ВілсонUkrainian
Обсерваторія Маунт-ВілсонUkrainian
Обсерваторія Маунт-ВільсонUkrainian
ماؤنٹ ولسن، کیلیفورنیاUrdu
Maunt-vilson astronomik rasadxonasiUzbek
Mount Wilson astronomik rasadxonasiUzbek
Đài thiên văn Mount WilsonVietnamese
Đài thiên văn Núi WilsonVietnamese
Arsyllfa Mount WilsonWelsh
威爾遜山天文台Yue Chinese
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