Geek Fact for March 26th

By Judy Novotny / 03/26/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1936, the Hale telescope, the first telescope with a 200-inch-diameter reflecting mirror, was shipped from Corning, New York to Mt. Palomar Observatory in California.

The lens of the Hale telescope weighed 20 tons. It took two weeks by train, at a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour. The mirror was made by Corning GlassWorks from Pyrex, the same material used in bakeware.

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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