My Remote Telescope Idea

Just a small post today, but an exciting one! I've got a cunning plan to allow me to sit in a nice comfy sofa while my telescope sits in the cold, acquiring images this winter. I'll save all the details for when I've got it all up and running, but below is a diagram with the gist of the idea.

Astronomical Animator

Here is where I work at home. I suppose in a way, my workstation counts as part of my astronomy equipment as well. It wasn't long ago that astronomers were using film cameras in order to do astrophotography, and now anyone can have a computer capable of processing extremely high resolution images that rival those produced by NASA. How far we've come indeed. Needless to say, it still isn't cheap.

Thankfully, being an animator I had already accumulated my equipment and didn't need to make the additional investment when I caught the astronomy bug. I'm very glad that it survived my college years.

It's on my trusty system where I created the title image for my blog.

Honestly, it's rarely this tidy.