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Pete - I've taken you up on your generous offer and taken two shots. I like the interface, as it's intuitive enough not to have to delve through tons of instructions just to get going.
I also like the fact that you see the script running in real time. There's a lot going on! I'm not sure that you can as a registered (read: paid-up) user, but what would be nice is to have the ability to have the system send you an email or SMS as soon as the scope is free - if you haven't booked it in advance. Otherwise you sit there and refresh your screen until you see it's free. Maybe a display of who's in the queue would be a nice touch. It's all just development of an already fine product.
The Sky90 gives a nice wide aspect, but am thinking that it'd also be nice to have sample "one-click" shots that show the expected FOV with that scope superimposed on the sample thumbnails. I took one of M104 and it's pretty small in the image frame - to be expected if you know the Sky90, but maybe a surprise to others.
I also found it a little confusing to get my hires image from the FTP section. I can't find my user name listed so I can't download it. I got the low-res 800x600 email attachments OK, but would like to see the larger files. I'm sure I've done something wrong in the way I tried to grab them.
Here are the two samples I took. 10 minutes each and supplied back via email. 800x600 and about 150kb.
1) M104
2) NGC4038
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