Brief by Allen Best
Astronomy – March 2005 – Colorado Central Magazine
There’s a value to being out in the boonies – lack of light pollution. Because of those clear skies, two amateur astronomers several years ago set out to create an observatory in the sagebrush near Gunnison.
Their ambition is turning into realty as construction has begun on a small building that will house a classroom as well as the telescope, Colorado’s largest. The building, reports the Crested Butte News, is being shielded from light pollution by a 16-foot berm.
