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News from Mount Wilson: Huell Howser featured Mount Wilson Observatory in a one-hour California's Gold special airing on Southern California PBS stations in June and July. Airtimes are: KCET, Los Angeles, Sunday, June 20 at 7 pm & Saturday, June 26 at 7 pm; KVIE, Sacramento, Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm; KVPT, Fresno, Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm & Sunday, July 18 at 7 pm; KVCR, San Bernardino, Thursday, July 1 at 8 pm. Don't miss it! Professor Charles Townes, leader of Berkeley's Infrared Spatial Interferometer on Mount Wilson and Nobel Laureate for his invention of the maser, reflects on the fiftieth anniversary of the laser. The Michelson Prize, a new award in the field of optical interferometry is being co-sponsered by the Mount Wilson Institute and the International Astronomical Union. New images from the CHARA Array showing the eclipse in the mysterious 27-year binary system epsilon Aurigae have been published in Nature. 2010 Mount Wilson Calendar is now available for on-line ordering 60-inch Telescope Model - Reserve one from a second edition
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A Mount Wilson Observatory 2009 calendar is available at the reduced price of $5 (including shipping) for the first calendar and $3 for each additional calendar. The calendar is in 8.5 x 11 inch format printed in full color on heavy, glossy stock paper and features beautiful images taken by a number of people with close association to the Observ atory. The calendar may be obtained by sending a check to: Mount Wilson Institute/Calendar, P.O. Box 1909, Atlanta, GA 30301-1909. All proceeds from the calendar will go towards the Second Century Campaign for Mount Wilson Observatory. 
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