Black Hole discoverer to be eaten by land developers

The facility that first confirmed the existence of black holes now faces annihilation behind a $100M event horizon at the hands of land developers.

I have written about this previously, here.

A new link from the Richmond Hill Naturalists can be found here. They have set up an online petition.

• The text and form can be found here. The signature form is at the bottom of the petition text page.
  

This is a sad development on many levels.

Please add your voice!

An satellite view of the site is available here.

Some of the issues include:

• While light pollution has been cited as crippling the scope, observations are made using instruments that see light that is outside the range people can see.
• While the telescope cannot see to the edges of the universe like larger and more modern scopes, it can continue to do useful research.
  
• The disposition of the telescope is uncertain and may be left up to the buyer.
• The site is considered historical by many, including possible archeological interest.
• The site is also of environmental interest.

Some recent coverage of the proposed sale:

• Keep the observatory operating
  
• Sky falling at once-proud University of Toronto
• Observatory protest goes sky-high
• Observatory going dark
• University set to ruin a beloved institution
• Historic telescope blinded by the light
• Sky hounds want massive telescope for Whistler observatory