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Originally Posted by Terry B
I don't use or want to use the rental scopes but I do see why some people do.
Not all of the use is for pretty pictures. Lots of data submitted to the AAVSO for transient phenomena seems to come from GRAS scopes. Often this is from northern hemisphere people looking at southern stars.
I don't know if the price is the same as for pretty pic data but it is nice to see some science data coming from the rental scopes.
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Yep, remote scopes are becoming essential tools for all sorts of transient phenomena. Fairly cheap too if you're just looking for a few seconds data, but no doubt expensive if you're getting hours of LRGB etc.
Hope to get into it at a later stage. All sorts of benefits - northern comets/novae no longer out of range, still get data on a cloudy night, follow objects for longer than your 'allotted' dark hours...
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Bojan:
Those things are very individual obviously... and the only thing that matters is the enjoyment in doing it.
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Think that says it all!
Cheers -