Hale

Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.

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Astronomer George Ellery Hale, who built a 60" telescope and started a bigger 200" telescope, had an imaginary elf who acted as his advisor. His psychological problems got so bad it forced him to resign as director of Mount Wilson observatory

Chinese and US scientists build bridges with cutting-edge Hale telescope project

Astronomy George Ellery Hale observed the sun in 1908 through a 60-foot solar telescope and documented the Zeeman effect in a sunspot. Hale’s photograph represented the first magnetic fields discovered outside of Earth