01, George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was educated at MIT and had an unquenchable desire for finding out what the universe was made of. He invented the spectroheliograph for studying the composition of the sun and stars. It was his driving force that developed the 40” at Yerkes, the solar telescopes at Mount Wilson CA a long with the 60” and 100” reflecting telescopes, and began the work to build the 200” reflector at Mount Palomar. All of these telescopes were pushing the boundaries at that time and setting world records.

01, George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was educated at MIT and had an unquenchable desire for finding out what the universe was made of. He invented the spectroheliograph for studying the composition of the sun and stars. It was his driving force that developed the 40” at Yerkes, the solar telescopes at Mount Wilson CA a long with the 60” and 100” reflecting telescopes, and began the work to build the 200” reflector at Mount Palomar. All of these telescopes were pushing the boundaries at that time and setting world records.