Poor man's astronomy can be performed by slewing over to Slooh.com (the name sounds like the slewing action of a telescope when it aims at a new object). There, anyone can take control of an observatory to photograph celestial objects.
Making astronomical observations usually involves buying an expensive telescope, learning how to use it, waiting for a cloud-free night, doing a long time exposure, then despairing when your photos do not match the quality of the ones you can download from NASA.com for free. Now all that has changed by virtue of Slooh.com, where anyone can sign up to point a sophisticated telescope at nearly any celestial object, take a time-lapse photograph, then download the stunning resulting images. There is even a chance that you might discover a comet, supernova, asteroid or other celestial object.
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