Saving Mt. Wilson.Saving Mt. Wilson The Mt. Wilson Observatory, one of the oldest in the southwestern United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , has been mothballed since 1985. The Carnegie Institution of Washington  The introduction to this article may be too long. Please help improve the introduction by moving some material from it into the body of the article according to the suggestions at , which owns Mt. Wilson Observatory, had decided to concentrate its resources on its observatory at Las Campanas, Chile. Now Mt. Wilson may observe again, according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a joint announcement by the Carnegie Institution and a new organization, the Mount Wilson Institute. A nonprofit corporation nonprofit corporation n. an organization incorporated under state laws and approved by both the state's Secretary of State and its taxing authority as operating for educational, charitable, social, religious, civic or humanitarian purposes. formed by members of the scientific, educational and business communities with representatives of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Department of Parks and Recreation, the Mount Wilson Institute will take over operation of the observatory and possibly title to the property if it can raise sufficient funds. Located 5,800 feet above Pasadena, the observatory is near the top of the inversion layer that causes the famous Los Angeles smog; the observatory is affected little by the basin's light-pollution. The atmosphere above Mt. Wilson is very stable and so particularly good for certain kinds of stellar observations. The observatory's 100-inch (2.5-meter) Hooker telescope remains one of the world's largest. |
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