Decaying Stars, Part 2 Abandoned Knightridge Space Observatory 🪐🔭 -

The Knightridge Space Observatory in Bloomington, Indiana is a simple observatory built in simpler times. But since that time the city of Bloomington and telescopic technology have grown. And the two-room structure with a rotating dome ceiling has been left alone in the woods since. Functioning only for 30 years, the telescope was removed in the 60’s and has had a second life at the New Jersey Astronomical Association’s observatory in Vorhees State Park, New Jersey. Tri-state in the house!

Though the observatory is featured on several ghost/eerie account websites, I felt at ease trudging into the woods that secluded the decaying observatory from view, convinced that any spirits haunting the observatory would be highbrow socially inept science types. But the only danger I experienced was the structural condition of the observatory.