The Great Lick Refractor
A project in San Francisco, CA by Scott Lange000days
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Two astrophotographers use the historic 119 year old Great Lick Refractor to capture the cosmos using modern day techniques
Backers: 241
Average Pledge Per Backer: $53
Funded: $12,753 of $6,500
Dates: Feb 14th -> Mar 20th (35 days)
Project By: Scott Lange
Backers: 241
Average Pledge Per Backer: $53
Funded: $12,753 of $6,500
Dates: Feb 14th -> Mar 20th (35 days)
Project By: Scott Lange
$12,753
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 20 @ 22:30 -0400 GMT
196%
of goal
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Latest News
8 hours left -- Stretch goal reached! 
March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings! We've reached the third stretch goal of $12,500! This means we'll be able to share this project to its fullest extent on our website. We've already set up this space, and will begin to add to it shortly after our next visit to the... (Read More)
The Final Push
March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, As we make the final push to the finish line, we'd just like to thank you all again for supporting this project! If the weather works out, we'll have our first night on the telescope in the next 7 - 10 days. We'll continue to post... (Read More)
Add-On Rewards
March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings! As we enter the final 10 days of this campaign, we'd like to address some requests we've had regarding our previously published book The Range of Light: Night & Day on the John Muir Trail, as well as a postcard pack featuring the Great... (Read More)
Stretch Goal Surpassed & Another Set!
March 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Lick Observatory's 3 meter Shane reflecting telescope Greetings! We’ve reached - and surpassed - the $9k stretch goal, and we’re approaching 200 backers! This means we’ll be able to visit the telescope a 4th night to capture even more objects.... (Read More)
Kickstarter
February 25th - via: 10minuteastronomy.wordpress.com
A couple of experienced astrophotographers to use the Great Lick Refractor for one night (or maybe two, if they enough funding), and backers get copies of their pictures. (Read More)
Fully Funded & Stretch Goal!
February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings, We are happy to announce that we hit our funding goal last night -- just one week into the campaign! Thank you all so much for helping to bring this project to life. We're extremely excited to get back to the observatory to continue... (Read More)
Project of the Day
February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We are honored to be selected as the Kickstarter Project of the Day! The added exposure has given the campaign an awesome boost, and we're excited to see so many people interested in exploring the universe through this giant historic... (Read More)
Thanks for a great start!
February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings! We're just over 72 hours into the campaign, and already 56 supporters have pledged 40% of our goal -- thank you all so much for supporting this project! We are also happy to announce that Kickstarter has selected us to be included in... (Read More)
Photographers Shoot for Lick Telescope Pictures
February 16th - via: sfweekly.com
The gargantuan, 57-foot Lick Telescope in Santa Clara County was originally completed all the way back in 1888. But two Bay Area photographers have a scheme to add some new equipment to the giant telescope on the top of Mount Hamilton (Read More)
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