What do you think of slooh?

I read an article about the slooh project where you can "buy" mission time
to explore the universe... A great idea but doesn't you lose the idea of
observing? I mean when you take a picture with slooh, doe you get the same
satisfaction you get when you take a picture with your own telescope? For
example: i saw a picture of M101 in ursa major. It was great and full of
detail but when i go to google and look in the images on M101, i get the a
lot of pictures of M101, wit hthe same detail so why would you buy mission
time to look for something you already can find on the net? What fun do you
get from it? When i take a picture with my 90mm refractor i jump a hole in
the air when i get M13 and i see different stars. It can take a few hours
but them i'm proud of it and with slooh it takes 10min and you get a
brilliant picture but i can't imagine you get the same satisfaction from
it...
Anyone alse thinks the same way as i do?

But if you don't have a scope with motor drive or live where the city lights
block those great views, then the idea of being able to pay for some time on
a remote scope and have IT do the picture taking, would be great for the
people who can buy the time. Plus let's say you where taking a photo of M13
and a Supernova showed up on your picture... hmmm ... BINGO!


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"Passero" wrote in message
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I read an article about the slooh project where you can "buy" mission time
to explore the universe...


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