Picture This

Author: Smith, Douglas L.

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 69, Number 4, 2006, pp. 20-31

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 69:4, 2006

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:69.4.Picture

Abstract

Los Angeles's newly reopened Griffith Observatory features the largest astronomical image ever made-a 152-foot wall of galaxies, rendered for the ages in porcelain enamel. But the journey from Palomar to porcelain was a long one.

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