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Big Bear Solar Observatory from Big Bear Lake.
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Sunset at the observatory. Big Bear Lake has 300 clear
days on average.
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Observatory looking from the shoreline. Only on a few days
in a year there is fog on the lake.
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Observatory after winter storm in Big Bear. Winter
can come as early as November and last until May.
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Observatory from shoreline. The observatory is located
on Big Bear Lake. Big Bear Lake is a man made reservoir at 6750 feet elevation.
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Looking down the causeway that leads to the observatory.
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Fall time in Big Bear.
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Support facilities on shore. The observatory has
several buildings on shore which provide housing and offices. During
winter the observatory may get several feet of snow during a storm.
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New control room. This is where the observer controls
telescope pointing and ccd cameras. Real time images are displayed
on the monitors for monitoring solar activity during observations.
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Some of the electronic racks in the control room.
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This is the main observing floor and also the back
end of the 10 inch telescope. Under the white box near the middle of the
picture is our videomagnetograph system.
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Front end of the telescope array showing 10 inch and 26 inch
telescopes. The telescope array consists of three telescopes--a 10 inch refractor,
26 inch reflector and a 8 inch refractor. The 8 inch refractor is hidden behind
the 10 inch in this picture.
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Back end of the 10 inch and 26 inch telescopes. Each
telescope has three optical benches for experiments.
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Observatory from the air.
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Observatory from the air.
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Lunar eclipse.
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