BYU West Mountain Observatory Project
This is a collection of resources documenting the history of BYU’s West Mountain Observatory (WMO). Resources include images of the facility and people who worked there, astronomical photos taken at WMO, construction plans, news coverage, an astronomy association newsletter article documenting WMO’s history, a conference poster describing WMO, etc.
Images - The Observatory, Equipment, and Environment
p1000144, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000175, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000187, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000188, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000191, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000208, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000242, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000253, BYU West Mountain Observatory
P1010102, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0077, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0078, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0081, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0099, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0101, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0102, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0202, BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0202(1), BYU West Mountain Observatory
PICT0266, BYU West Mountain Observatory
Spiders, BYU West Mountain Observatory
Still006a, BYU West Mountain Observatory
Telescope_and_student, BYU West Mountain Observatory
WMO Bathroom picture, BYU West Mountain Observatory
WMO_Main, BYU West Mountain Observatory
WMO_north, BYU West Mountain Observatory
WMO_south, BYU West Mountain Observatory
WMO_west_1, BYU West Mountain Observatory
WMO_west_2, BYU West Mountain Observatory
Images - People Working at the Observatory
016, BYU West Mountain Observatory
022, BYU West Mountain Observatory
026, BYU West Mountain Observatory
042, BYU West Mountain Observatory
046, BYU West Mountain Observatory
10, BYU West Mountain Observatory
1606-36 329, BYU West Mountain Observatory
1606-36 334, BYU West Mountain Observatory
20, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_0124, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_0126, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_0136, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC08606, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC08607, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC08611, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_3174, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_3386, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_3389, BYU West Mountain Observatory
DSC_3424, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_0003, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_0104, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_1650, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_3150, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_8471, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_9288, BYU West Mountain Observatory
IMG_9293, BYU West Mountain Observatory
milkyway, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000118, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000121, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000125, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000150, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000168, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000170, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000183, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000186, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000196, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000200, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000218, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000224, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000246, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000250, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000264, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000265, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000273, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000274, BYU West Mountain Observatory
p1000276, BYU West Mountain Observatory
News Content and Videos
West of Utah Lake: Building Nears Finish, Marc Enggas
Cooperative Observing at a Modest-Sized Observatory, Michael D. Joner, Denzil E. Watts IV, Seneca H. Bahr, Oliver Hancock, Michael W. Holland, Hafsa Jamil, Eden Saxton, and Malaya Williams-Jones
West Mountain Fire, Dennis May
Astronomer, Kevin Mitchell
Fire Burns 3,500 Acres, Joe Quimby
FYI - BYU Telescopes, Seth Warburton