Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, San Jose, CA
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:13 am
On a recent trip to Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton in the eastern hills of Silicon Valley.
More info here http://ucolick.org/main/explore/about.html
View of Silicon Valley from Mt. Hamilton. The water on the upper right is the southern tip of San Francisco Bay.
This is the smaller telescope. The biggest is a 3 Meter telescope near by. This one is 1 Meter refractive telescope.
South San Jose. The street lights are "ugly" orange lights pointing down. City of San Jose chose this scheme to minimize light
pollution at Lick. Making it easy for the Observatory to filter out a single light frequency and lose minimal information.
More info here http://ucolick.org/main/explore/about.html
View of Silicon Valley from Mt. Hamilton. The water on the upper right is the southern tip of San Francisco Bay.
This is the smaller telescope. The biggest is a 3 Meter telescope near by. This one is 1 Meter refractive telescope.
South San Jose. The street lights are "ugly" orange lights pointing down. City of San Jose chose this scheme to minimize light
pollution at Lick. Making it easy for the Observatory to filter out a single light frequency and lose minimal information.