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”, “Đài quan sát Palomar”, “Großes Auge”, “Hale Telescope”, “Mont Palomar”, “Monte Palomar”, “Mount Palomar”, “Mount Palomar Observatory”, “Mount Palomar-Observatorium”, “Mount-Palomar-Observatoire”, “Mount-Palomar-Observatorium”, “Mt. Palomar”, “Obseratorij Palomar”, “observatoire du mont Palomar”, “Observatoř Mount Palomar”, “Observatoř Mt. Palomar”, “Observatori del Mont Palomar”, “Observatorij Palomar”, “Observatorio de monte palomar”, “Observatorio de Palomar”, “Observatorio del Monte Palomar”, “Observatorio Monte Palomar”, “Osservatorio Palomar”, “Palomar mendiko behatokia”, “Palomar Mountain Observatory”, “Palomarski observatorij”, “Télescope Hale”, “Обсерватория Маунт-Паломар”, “מצפה הכוכבים פלומר”, “מצפה פאלומר”, “פאלומר”, “رصدخانهٔ پالومار”, “팔로마 산 천문대”, “팔로마천문대”, “パロマー山天文台”, “パロマ天文台”, “帕洛玛天文台”, and “帕洛玛山天文台”

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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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Palomar Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Palomar-sterrewag”
  • Afrikaans: “Palomarsterrewag”
  • Arabic: “مرصد بالومار”
  • Aragonese: “Observatorio Palomar”
  • Aragonese: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Armenian: “Պալոմարյան աստղադիտարան”
  • Asturian: “Observatoriu Palomar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Palomar rəsədxanası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Palomar Rəsədxanası”
  • Basque: “Palomar behatokia”
  • Belarusian: “Паламарская абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Палямарская абсэрваторыя”
  • Breton: “Arsellva Palomar”
  • Bulgarian: “Паломар”
  • Bulgarian: “Паломарска обсерватория”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Palomar”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕوانگەی پالۆمار”
  • Chinese: “帕洛馬天文台”
  • Chinese: “帕洛马天文台”
  • Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Mount Palomar”
  • Czech: “Observatoř Palomar”
  • Dutch: “Palomar-observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بالومار”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio de la Monto Palomar”
  • Estonian: “Palomari observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Palomarin observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire Palomar”
  • French: “Observatoire Palomar”
  • Galician: “Observatorio Palomar”
  • Georgian: “პალომარის ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Palomar-Observatorium”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Πάλομαρ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים פאלומר”
  • Hungarian: “Palomar Obszervatórium”
  • Indonesian: “Observatorium Palomar”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Palomar”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Monte Palomar”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Monte Palomar”
  • Japanese: “パロマー天文台”
  • Kazakh: “Паломар обсерваториясы”
  • Korean: “팔로마 천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Palomar”
  • Latvian: “Palomaras observatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Maunt Palomaro observatorija”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium Palomar”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório Palomar”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Palomar”
  • Russian: “Паломарская обсерватория”
  • Scots: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Паломар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zvjezdarnica Mount Palomar”
  • Slovak: “Observatórium Palomar”
  • Slovak: “Palomar Observatory”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Mount Palomar”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Palomar”
  • Swahili: “Paoneaanga pa Mlima Palomar”
  • Swahili: “Paoneaanga pa Mount Palomar”
  • Swedish: “Palomarobservatoriet”
  • Tatar: “Паломар обсерваториясе”
  • Turkish: “Palamar Gözlemevi”
  • Turkish: “Palomar Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Паломарська обсерваторія”
  • Urdu: “پالومر رصدگاہ”
  • Uzbek: “Palomar Mountain Obsevatory”
  • Uzbek: “Palomar rasadxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài thiên văn Palomar”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Palomar”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕洛马山天文台”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕洛瑪天文台”
  • Yue Chinese: “帕洛馬天文台”

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