Seeing and Weather

Palomar weather station. Photographed by T. V. Watterson on May 2, 1939. (Farnsworth Family Estate/Caltech Archives)

Palomar Observatory has weather stations at various locations around the compound including near the 60-inch, the 200-inch, and 18-inch telescope domes—the latter of which also hosts the seeing monitor. Find and monitor information about current and predicted weather and seeing conditions here.

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All-Sky Camera

Palomar all-sky webcam. Hide cardinal directions (Palomar/Caltech)

Palomar Weather Station

Palomar seeing monitor. (Palomar/Caltech)

Clear Sky Chart

Clear sky chart. (Danko/Rahill/EC)

HPWREN Cameras

Current view of Palomar Observatory from High Point via one of the High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network cameras—the center of the image is due west. (HPWREN)

Current 360° view of Palomar. Each camera (E, S, W, N) is separately clickable. (HPWREN)

Alert California Cameras

Current view by the Alert California Palomar south camera (looking NW). Click for options including video of the last 12 hours. (Alert California/UCSD)

Current view by the Alert California Palomar north camera (looking SE). Click for options including video of the last 12 hours. (Alert California/UCSD)

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Seeing & Weather / v 1.0.9
Last updated: 22 May 2024 AFB/ACM

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