Slooh I want to be an astronaut astronomer.
From the webpage:
Robotic control of Slooh’s three telescopes in the northern (Canary Islands) and southern hemispheres (Chile)
Schedule time and point the telescopes at any object in the night sky. You can make up to five reservations at a time in five or ten minute increments depending on the observatory. There are no limitations on the total number of reservations you can book in any quarter.
Capture, collect, and share images, including PNG and FITS files. You can view and take images from any of the 250+ “missions” per night, including those scheduled by other members.
Watch hundreds of hours of live and recorded space shows with expert narration featuring 10+ years of magical moments in the night sky including eclipses, transits, solar flares, NEA, comets, and more.
See and discuss highlights from the telescopes, featuring member research, discoveries, animations, and more.
Join groups with experts and fellow citizen astronomers to learn and discuss within areas of interest, from astrophotography and tracking asteroids to exoplanets and life in the Universe.
Access Slooh activities with step by step how-to instructions to master the art and science of astronomy.
A reminder that for all the grim data that is available for analysis/mining, there is an equal share of interesting and/or beautiful data as well.
There is a special on right now for $1.00 you can obtain four (4) weeks of membership. The fine print says every yearly quarter of membership is $74.85. $74.85 / 4 = $18.71 per month or $224.25 per year. Less than cable and/or cellphone service. It also has the advantage of not making you dumber. Surprised they didn’t mention that.
I first saw this in a tweet by Michael Peter Edson.