“The Perfect Machine” by Ronald Florence is the definitive history of Palomar. It’s surprisingly gripping.
Remarkably, the 200” was the largest telescope in the world for half a century!
Remarkably, the 200” was the largest telescope in the world for half a century!
> Remarkably, the 200” was the largest telescope in the world for half a century!
This fact blew my mind. The STEM equivalent of the long jump record. These seems to hold for 30 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_long_jump_world_record...