Gaze at celestial wonders through Mount Wilson Observatory's 100-inch telescope, while live musical accompaniment creates a score for a once in a lifetime experience.

This intimate series pairs experimental musicians with telescope observation sessions. Audiences will have the opportunity to gaze through the telescope at celestial objects, which may include nebula, star clusters, planets, or the moon, depending on the time of night. These are the largest telescopes in the world that are available for public use. Each of these eight micro-concerts/ viewing sessions has very limited capacity of 20-25 people and is ticketed at $40 per person.

Ernest Gibson
Saturday June 3, 2017 at 10:00 pm
100-inch Telescope Session
Doors open at 9:45 pm and close at 10:00 pm promptly
No ins-and-outs

Ernest Gibson is a Los Angeles-based recording artist known for both his solo work and as a member of the primitive psych group Net Shaker. Gibson's recordings frequently exhibit an ineffable or otherworldly quality, much of which is achieved through the use of unusual home recording techniques such as self-sampling and tape manipulation, often in combination with extended experiments involving alternate tunings, pitch scaling and various methods of instrument preparation. Though there's little in the way of easy description, Gibson's music has drawn adjective-heavy comparisons to exotica, dub, psychedelic, industrial, minimalism, krautrock and no-wave.

Recent releases include Island Records (November 2013), Pastoral IV (September 2014) and Women I Know (January 2017).

https://ernestgibson.bandcamp.com/
https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wire-tapper/the-wire-tapper-34/8

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Please note: No Handicapped Access: The 100-inch Telescope is nearly 100 years old and is not ADA-compliant. Visiting the inside of the Dome is not recommended for those with respiratory or heart problems due to the stairs and the 5700-ft elevation.

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Conditions of Sale: Holder of this ticket voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to any event for which this ticket is issued and waives all claims against the event sponsor, the owner of the facility, the ticket producer or issuer. Admission is subject to compliance with all laws and facility rules and the ticket holder consents to reasonable examinations and searches to ensure compliance. Failure to comply with the law or facility rules may result in refusal of admission or expulsion. No unauthorized recording of event where prohibited. No Refunds or Exchanges.