European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A spiral Nebula millions of Light years away photographed by Hie Hale scope. Backward in time. Front. From Page 11 rotating schedule of work with the big  each Man spends three to six night son Palomar depending on the Type of his assignment. Babcock a wiry dark haired Man had driven Down to Palomar in his station Wagon from his Pasadena Home. He checked into the monastery the Dormi tory where the astronomers eat sleep study and relax in one of the dozen buildings that Dot Palomar s Peak. The Hale Telescope is in a pantheon like Struc Ture about the height of a 12-Story build ing. All Day the dome of this Structure re Mains tightly closed to insulate the Sensi Tive apparatus against the Sun s heat an the weather. When the Sun sinks the roof shutters Are rolled Back to expose the vast up tilted framework of the 60-foot tube. A Bank of electric fans cools the 14.5-Tonslab of flawless Mirror to the same level As the outside temperature. Now the Tele scope is ready to peer into space. Palomar is 2,300 Miles North of the Equator but from its Elevation the 200 Inch Mirror can sweep Over three fourths of the sky. Only the sky above the ant Arctic zone is beyond its gaze. At 6 30 pm Babcock was ready. The Star were waiting in a dazzling array. An assistant flicking switches on an instrument panel on the observing floor set the , who has been seeking answers in the stars for 13 years walked up a few Steps and entered the narrow cold Tele scope room. Adjustment of the Telescope. Tor the astronomer to find a Star he wants t to photograph is a delicate operation. It. Has been compared to aiming a Rifle at and hitting a  20 Miles away. The astronomer found his stars this night two identified As he 32633 and 53 Cam and began taking time exposures some lasting As Long As four hours. I am studying particularly the magnetic Fields of stars Babcock explained. The magnetic Fields of these stars he 32633 and 53 Cam for instance Are 5,000 times stronger than on Earth. Magnetic Fields of stars Are never stationary. They move. So periodically we photograph certain stars and then study any  probably the most notable contribution of the Palomar Telescope in its first ten years was to give a More realistic concept of the size and age of the universe. This has resulted in several upward revisions in the universe s age in the past six years. The latest estimate ranges from seven to thirteen billion years for the age of the universe said or. Allan r. Bandage of the observatories staff. The Large Varia Tion is due to uncertainties that still existing the measurements. However the figures Are significant because for the first time they Are consistent with the age set by geologists based on the decay of radio Active elements in rocks and  with the size arid age of the universe is its apparently expanding  widely held theory among astronomers is that the known universe was born in a cataclysmic explosion that hurled Gigantic fragments which have evolved into galaxies and have been Rushing away from each other Ever since. Study of these unbelievable speeds has been done with the Spectroscope which has been seeing these galaxies As they were a billion years , the men on Palomar Babcock among them have found indications that this Speed is slowing. Despite its mass the instrument is delicately balanced. Fallout trouble. Barber s itch is inevitable after a nonprofessional Job. A unique Experiment in adult education is thriving these Days at Wiesbaden s Lindsey air station where scores of mothers and fathers Are mastering Well trying to master the Art of cutting their sons hair. The program was thought up by Bill Black Safe education and Library services officer who was astonished by the eager response. At the saturday morning classes professional German Barbers initiate the parents into the unexpected intricacies of crop Ping boy s tops Burr style which Means leaving a More or less uniform fuzz All Over and it s not As easy As it looks. How do the kids feel about this these pictures by stars and stripes photographer Gene Bane indicate that haircuts Are no fun no matter who clips. Class in shearing technique. The parents look More corp rident than the youngsters whose scalps Are after All at stake fur flies in Wiesbaden Chain reaction. Roger brushes dad dad clips Richard. Ouch take it easy mom you re Cuttin my ears off the stars and stripes wednesday july 8, 1959 the Brushoff. Boy am i glad that s Over it looks so simple when a professional does it the stars and stripes Page 13