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Summer Nights at the Natural History ...
Black Rock Observatory participated in an exhibition at Natural History Museum’s Summer Nights in the Garden, where we were invited back for a second year after an overwhelming response in 2015. This free public event provided an opportunity to view the moon as well as Jupiter and various star clusters through both our 14” and custom […]
Black Out Black Rock
Want to see more stars? (The answer is always yes). Check out this great event taking place at Black Rock City! More info here: See the sky! Black Out Black Rock! Synopsis: WHEN: Wednesday, August 31, 11 – midnight WHAT: Turn all your lights out. Look up at the sky.
Black Rock Observatory 2015
Our Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1dzBxvP
YouTopia: Revelation Revolution
Black Rock Observatory at YouTopia Just before Burning Man, the folks in the San Diego Collaborative Arts Project invited us to their regional decompression event, YouTopia: Revelation Revolution and asked us to apply for a grant and we did. The observatory was running over budget, so I desperately needed the funds in order to avoid […]
Kickstarter Film Festival and Mindsha...
What an honor! Kickstarter shows us off to the world. The Observatory at Kickstarter Film Fest before opening. Since our last update, we’ve built the observatory twice. We had the honor of being chosen to represent the Los Angeles Kickstarter community among other awesome projects at the Kickstarter Film Fest in Griffith Park at the […]
Primary Mission Accomplished!
Burning Man 2014 was a huge success!! Burning Man 2014: Caravansary was amazing. Two weeks seemed to disappear before our eyes and it’s hard to believe it’s all over. Crew descended from all over the world on Black Rock City to show participants the cosmos and build this observatory and it was just beautiful to […]
Hey, kids! Do you like science?
BRO is on it’s way! We’re going to Burning Man! The trucks are loaded. Everything’s ready to roll. The crew will work in the night time, sleep in the day time, and we are definitely on our way home! Visit the Black Rock Observatory at Burning Man 2014, at 12:00 and 5000′, beyond the Temple. […]
Kickstarter Launch
>>>>>Check out and share our Kickstarter page! Share this link: http://kck.st/1q79SUW <<<<<< Wow! What a wild ride! Our Kickstarter is 47% funded in just over 2 days! Here we go!!!! We’re building an astronomical observatory for Burning Man 2014 and beyond, complete with giant telescope and science exhibits! The Black Rock Observatory will be a mobile observatory dedicated […]
Minutes from 1st meeting
For anyone who missed our planning meeting on Thursday, here are your out of order and possibly incomplete minutes: Charles has agreed to reprise his role as project manager extraordinaire and reviewed his credentials as astro-badass, for those who don’t know: Charles most certainly IS an astro-badass. Tom will be assuming the role of ‘visionary […]