Armchair Astronomy
July 23rd 2011 07:08
Category: Astronomy
Moon Craters image CMOORESTARS
With the coming of the computer age the joy of observing the night sky has gotten easier.
Technology like Google Sky allows to view the night without even venturing outside.
Cloudy evenings and rainy nights are no barrier to night sky observing.
With the advent of remote access telescopes available world wide you can now view
The night sky and can be done in the convenience of your own home with comfort by just using the internet.
Moon seen through a telescope the visual distortion is caused by the Earth's atmosphere. (video CMoorStars)
Google Sky has given observers the ability to view a wide range of high quality imagery obtained by the Hubble Telescope.
There has never been a service that enabled the users to view community-created imagery, or to participate in the viewing of live events like eclipses.
Google has formed a partnership with Slooh, a New York company that
to high power telescopes and will allow observer to select various astronomical “missions”.
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The service also allows observers to download images. Slooh has a global community of 45,000 members there is a pay for view service if you want to book and undertake your own photographic missions. There is a limited free service offered
if you just want to see what’s on offer.
Slooh was offering a limited trial offer. Telescopes are located in Chile, Australia,and the Canary Islands, so far.
full access members have taken more than 1.4 million images of the nigh sky. Slooh gives the observer a hands on stargazing service that puts you in the driver’s seat behind a powerful telescopes in real time. With Slooh's internet browser application the viewer can select from several real time observing “missions”
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