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Palomar Observatory

The Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research in the of , United States. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: observatory in Southern California
  • Also known as: “675 PA”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oak Grove and Aguanga.

Village
is an unincorporated community in northern , , United States. The community is on California State Route 79, 22 miles east-southeast of . It is home to the Butterfield Stage Station. is situated 5 miles northeast of Palomar Observatory.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place located within the Inland Empire in . It is located about 18 miles east of and 22 miles south-southeast of . is situated 6 miles north of Palomar Observatory.

Palomar Observatory

Latitude
33.35389° or 33° 21′ 14″ north
Longitude
-116.86315° or 116° 51′ 47″ west
Operator
California Institute of Technology
Open location code
8555943P+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 139832212
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­observatory
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q191684
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Palomar Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Palomar-sterrewag”
  • Arabic: “مرصد بالومار”
  • Aragonese: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Armenian: “Պալոմարյան աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Palomar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Palomar rəsədxanası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Palomar Rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Palomar behatokia”
  • Basque: “Palomar mendiko behatokia”
  • Basque: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Belarusian: “Паламарская абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Палямарская абсэрваторыя”
  • Breton: “Arsellva Palomar”
  • Bulgarian: “Паломар”
  • Bulgarian: “Паломарска обсерватория”
  • Catalan: “Mont Palomar”
  • Catalan: “Monte Palomar”
  • Catalan: “Observatori del Mont Palomar”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Palomar”
  • Catalan: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی پالۆمار”
  • Chinese: “帕洛玛天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕洛玛山天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕洛瑪天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕洛馬天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕洛马天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕洛马山天文台”
  • Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Mount Palomar”
  • Czech: “Mount Palomar Observatory”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Mount Palomar”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Mt. Palomar”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Palomar”
  • Czech: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Palomar Mountain Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Dutch: “Palomar-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بالومار”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio de la Monto Palomar”
  • Estonian: “Palomari observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Palomarin observatorio”
  • French: “Hale Telescope”
  • French: “Mont Palomar”
  • French: “observatoire du mont Palomar”
  • French: “observatoire Palomar”
  • French: “Observatoire Palomar”
  • French: “Palomar Observatory”
  • French: “Télescope Hale”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Palomar”
  • Georgian: “პალომარის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Großes Auge”
  • German: “Mount Palomar-Observatorium”
  • German: “Mount Palomar”
  • German: “Mount-Palomar-Observatorium”
  • German: “Mt. Palomar”
  • German: “Palomar Observatory”
  • German: “Palomar-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Πάλομαρ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים פאלומר”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים פלומר”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה פאלומר”
  • Hebrew: “פאלומר”
  • Hungarian: “Palomar Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Palomar”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Palomar”
  • Italian: “Mount Palomar Observatory”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Monte Palomar”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Monte Palomar”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Palomar”
  • Italian: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Japanese: “パロマー天文台”
  • Japanese: “パロマー山天文台”
  • Japanese: “パロマ天文台”
  • Korean: “팔로마 산 천문대”
  • Korean: “팔로마 천문대”
  • Korean: “팔로마천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Palomar”
  • Latvian: “Palomaras observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Maunt Palomaro observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mount-Palomar-Observatoire”
  • Luxembourgish: “Palomar-Observatoire”
  • Macedonian: “Паломарска опсерваторија”
  • Malay: “Balai Cerap Palomar”
  • Malayalam: “പാലൊമാർ നിരീക്ഷണശാല”
  • Manx: “Reayrtlann Palomar”
  • Mingrelian: “პალომარიშ ობსერვატორია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palomar-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Observatòri de Palomar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “observatòri del Mont Palomar”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه پالومار”
  • Persian: “رصدخانهٔ پالومار”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Palomar”
  • Polish: “Palomar Mountain Observatory”
  • Polish: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Palomar”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Palomar”
  • Romanian: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Russian: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Russian: “Обсерватория Маунт-Паломар”
  • Russian: “Паломарская обсерватория”
  • Scots: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Serbian: “675 PA”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Паломар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Mount Palomar”
  • Slovak: “Observatórium Palomar”
  • Slovak: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Obseratorij Palomar”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Mount Palomar”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Palomar”
  • Slovenian: “Palomarski observatorij”
  • Spanish: “Monte Palomar”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de monte palomar”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Palomar”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio del Monte Palomar”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Monte Palomar”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Palomar”
  • Spanish: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Swahili: “Paoneaanga pa Mlima Palomar”
  • Swahili: “Paoneaanga pa Mount Palomar”
  • Swedish: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Swedish: “Palomarobservatoriet”
  • Tatar: “Паломар обсерваториясе”
  • Turkish: “Palamar Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Palomar Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Паломар”
  • Ukrainian: “Паломарська обсерваторія”
  • Uzbek: “Palomar Mountain Obsevatory”
  • Uzbek: “Palomar rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài quan sát Palomar”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Palomar”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Palomar”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕洛马山天文台”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕洛馬天文台”

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