Go to Solar Tower Homepage

The 150-Foot Solar Tower
Current Towercam Image

From the Mount Wilson Observatory, Mt. Wilson, California.
Elevation: 5,700 ft., Location: N 34.224 - W 118.058
(Image will automatically refresh every 2 minutes in most web browsers.)
View toward the 100-inch telescope dome.

Solar observer comment posted on November 23, 2009 at 15:11 P.D.T.
Observatory weather: mostly clear; light winds; 53° F. NOTICE: Magnetogram/Dopplergram observations at the 150-foot telescope are temporarily suspended due to failure of an I/O box for which replacement parts are not available. A new I/O channel will be implemented within approximately 30 days.

Are you interested in learning about solar phenomena?
Check out the following links:

[Go to 150-Foot Solar Tower homepage]

[Go to SOHO homepage]

[Go to Yohkoh homepage]

150-Foot Solar Tower Home Page

SOHO Home Page

Yohkoh Home Page


Questions? 
Towercam Information Page
Frequently Asked Questions Page		 JPL Automated Weather Station at the Observatory 
Click here for current weather		 Support also from the 
Mount Wilson Observatory Association
Mount Wilson Institute
Camera courtesy of 
Erdman Video Systems		 For past Towercam images go to the 
Best of the Towercam Page

This site is part of the Department of Physics & Astronomy, one of several Physical Sciences departments in the College of Letters & Sciences at UCLA, the Los Angeles campus of the University of California system.
 

Page content and all images © 2008 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.