Mount Wilson is Home to Some of the World's Oldest Telescopes
Hale has always been known for his fascination with the sun and exploring solar activity in space.
Hale is respected for this contributions to American science which include helping develop some of the world's largest telescopes. The telescopes were considered to be the largest during the time of their creation until new technology came along and a new one was built. He was fascinated by the combination of astronomy and physics.
It took multiple mule teams and a primitive truck to help get it all the top. Once it began being used it was able to provide photographs that showed more than twice the light than any previous telescopes could.100-inch reflectorhad become home to the world's largest astronomical instrument but Hale had his eyes set on something bigger.
During this time Hale encountered obstacles of securing funding and also the actual construction because of its large size.
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