Mount Wilson Magnet

1 1/4 inch diameter Cast in fine pewter Strong magnet embedded in back Mounted on story card Place Name: Mount Wilson Elevation: 5719 ft. Coordinates: N34° 13' 26'' W118° 03' 42'' Location: Angeles National Forest, California, USA Standing prominently above Pasadena, Mount Wilson is a Southern California landmark. It is the location of the Mount Wilson Observatory, which is an important astronomical facility in Southern California with historic 60-inch (1,524 mm) and 100-inch (2,540 mm) aperture telescopes, and 60-foot (18.3 m) and 150-foot (45.7 m) tall solar towers. The newerCHARA array, run by Georgia State University, is also sited there and does important interferometric stellar research.