Take a trip to the stars at nearby Mt. Palomar Observatory

As you drive up the steep grade to the Mt. Palomar Observatory, try to imagine three semi tractors, one pulling and two pushing, struggling to get a 200-inch mirror up to the waiting observatory. Sounds pretty crazy, but they did it!

Until you walk around the back of the observatory, after your tour, you won’t fully appreciate the size of the mirror you just saw inside the building. There, lying next to the driveway is the concrete model used to test the apparatus before it was installed. All you will be able to say is ‘Wow!’

While inside you will learn how the giant Pyrex mirror was made, the...