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Hot new job: telescope ranching. "People from all around the world send their telescopes here to observe the night sky from this place with no light pollution. We set them up and they can all access their stuff through a computer remotely." [kottke.org]

kottke.orgTelescope RanchersRockwood, Texas is home to a unique business, Starfront Observatories. Owner/operator Bray Falls hosts hundreds of other people’s telescopes in perfect conditions — ultra-dark skies (Class 1 on the Bortle scale), clear w

15/6/26, 7:00 pm15 reposts65 likes

Dizzly

@dizzly.bsky.social

16 June

Reminds me of sending your dog to a farm upstate.

carla

@manicsquirrel.dev

16 June

i need to check into this. i have a 14 inch that i can no longer setup myself. i live in the smoky mountains and the tree canopy and transpiration make it impossible to view the night sky most of the year.