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...from earth. Also, because of the general expansion of the universe, the velocity at which galaxies recede from the earth increases with their distance from it. Thus astronomers can determine a galaxy's distance by measuring its red shift. Sandage, working with Swiss Astronomer Gustav Tammann, used Mount Palomar's 200-in. telescope to measure the distances of nearby galaxies and compare them with the corresponding red shifts...
Unfortunately, a radio telescope that could accomplish the equivalent of what, say, the 200-in. Mount Palomar telescope does optically would have to consist of a dish-shaped structure many miles in diameter-an obviously impractical requirement...
...there has been time for elaborate preparation. Kohoutek may well be the most intensely scrutinized celestial object in the history of astronomy; it will be tracked and studied by thousands of scientists and an incredible array of instruments ranging from the 200-in. telescope on Mount Palomar to the sophisticated devices aboard Skylab and other spacecraft...
Major telescopes, from Mount Palomar's giant 200-in. reflector on down, will follow Kohoutek across the sky. NASA, too, will go all out, sponsoring Operation Kohoutek, a multimillion-dollar effort involving hundreds of scientists and the latest space-age technology...
...entertainment is more homey and the style more spacious in Butterfield Country, an 8,000-acre resort area 51 miles northeast of San Diego. Throughout the mesas of the Palomar Mountains are sprinkled Butterfield's 475 campsites. A $5 rental fee gets a standard site with water and electricity. For oak trees and a sewage hookup, the fee runs $2 more. The park attempts to re-create the spirit of the Butterfield stagecoach days with hay rides, an old-fashioned swimming hole, community cookouts and country-music shows. The focal point is an old Wild West village; on Sunday...