Palomar

Palomar may refer to:

Places

• One of several locations in northern San Diego County, including
  • Palomar Mountain, part of the Palomar Mountain Range and one of the highest points in San Diego County
  • Palomar Observatory, a privately owned observatory located on Palomar Mountain
  • Palomar College, a community college in San Marcos, California
  • Palomar Medical Center, a hospital in Escondido, California
  • Palomar Airport (officially McClellan-Palomar Airport), a public airport in Carlsbad, California
• El Palomar, Buenos Aires, a city forming part of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • El Palomar (airbase), military airbase, Argentina
• El Palomar, Valencia, a municipality in Spain
• Palomar de Arroyos, a town in Aragón, Spain

Science

• Palomar Transient Factory, an astronomical wide-field survey
• Palomar Testbed Interferometer, a stellar interferometer located at Palomar Observatory
• Palomar Sky Survey, a major photographic survey of the night sky completed in 1958
• Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey, initiated in 1973

People

• Arnau de Palomar (fl. circa 1150), medieval Catalonian nobleman
• Enrique de la Mora y Palomar (1097-1978), Mexican architect
• Jared Palomar, member of the American rock band Augustana

Other

• Palomar Ballroom, a famous ballroom in Los Angeles, California
• Hotel Palomar (Washington, D.C.), a high-end boutique hotel
• Palomar, a novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino, published in 1983
• Palomar (comics), a 2003 graphic novel by Gilbert Hernandez
• Palomar (band), a band from Brooklyn, New York
• Palomar (alternative rock band), a band from Lawrence, Kansas
• Palomar knot, used for securing a fishing line to a fishing lure, snap or swivel
• Palomar Handicap, an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack