Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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I find this motivational, hopefully some of you geeks out there will to. I bought one of the new robotic telescopes that have just come out. 2” objective lense, all in one computerized, interface through your phone or tablet.

I took this image tonight. Just a small crop of a larger starfield.

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The marked “ star” is really a quadruple gravitationally lensed quasar. It’s light has been traveling for 11 billion years. Here is an image taken with a much larger scope.

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Not bad for a $500 scope.
Astronomy has been a hobby of mine for awhile. moved to a new house in ohio years ago; not city, not quite country. Wife wanted the house(this is important). Neighbor had a light on her power pole that shot my night vision, but after a few years of gently winning her over, she finally agreed to get rid of it. That was 2 months ago. New neighbor one house down just had the power company install a light on his power pole.
Rules.
 

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