5/5 Jackie C. 11 months ago on Google
This
place
is
a
hidden
gem!
I
lived
in
the
area
for
around
6-7
years
before
I
even
knew
this
observatory
even
existed.
Its
tucked
away
in
a
far
corner
of
the
lol
placerville
branch
of
Folsom
lake
college,
where
you
have
to
take
a
relatively
short
walk
up
a
trail
to
get
away
from
the
light
pollution.
It
is
well
worth
the
visit,
and
I
highly
recommend
that
anyone
in
the
area
check
it
out,
at
least
once.
It
really
is
an
awesome
experience,
and
it's
free!
Can't
beat
that!
There
are
several
educated
amateur
astronomy
lovers
that
volunteer
to
guide
you
through
the
experience,
they
give
a
tour
of
the
sky,
pointing
out
constellations,
stars,
and
planets,
with
a
high
powered
green
laser
pointer,
and
telling
you
about
various
things
in
the
sky.
After
the
talk,
they
have
a
few
giant
high
powered
telescopes
set
up
looking
at
the
moon,
and
various
stars
and/or
planets,
etc.
You
can
line
up
and
take
turns
to
look
in
each
scope,
which
is
accompanied
by
a
volunteer
who
can
tell
you
a
little
something
about
what
you're
looking
at.
Inside
the
building,
there
are
a
couple
insanely
huge
telescopes
pointed
up
at
the
ceiling,
which
is
actually
retracted,
so
the
ceiling
is
open,
pointed
at
more
cool
sky
attractions
to
view.
They
also
have
a
couple
tv
size
monitors
in
there
that
show
you
what
the
biggest
scope
is
pointed
at
in
deep
space.
It's
really
cool
stuff
to
witness.
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