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quaint

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Tue Aug 22, 2023, 08:55 AM Aug 2023

One of the most magnificent concert venues in L.A. is the dome of this 100-inch telescope

LATimes: https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2023-08-21/mount-wilson-observatory-dome-music-concert

On one Sunday each month, Mt. Wilson Observatory hosts a chamber music or jazz concert in the dome, which was founded in 1904 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington and designed by D.H. Burnham. The telescope housed inside it — the Hooker 100-inch telescope — was completed in 1917 and reigned as the world’s largest optical telescope until 1949. Famed astronomer Edwin Hubble used this very telescope to solve the long-debated spiral nebulae question by observing other galaxies to be separate from our own. When I entered the space, I was taken by the sheer size of the telescope, its peak reaching the top of the dome.

The idea to host live music in the dome was born from a conversation in 2017 between Kohne and Cécilia Tsan, professional cellist and artistic director of the Mt. Wilson Observatory concerts. Kohne described the acoustics in the space as “extraordinary” and urged Tsan to bring in her cello to test it out.
“Hearing the acoustics in the dome feels like you’re in direct contact with the universe,” Tsan said. “It’s soothing in a world that’s so chaotic right now."

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One of the most magnificent concert venues in L.A. is the dome of this 100-inch telescope (Original Post) quaint Aug 2023 OP
Perhaps the perfect venue for Allison Krauss RainCaster Aug 2023 #1
Oh yes! quaint Aug 2023 #2
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