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Jase,
Thanks for your replies - this level of operation I would guess is maybe two years away from my level of experience. If I wanted to fast path my learning - I'm sure a few weeks with a highly skilled astronomer would get me there, but given their scarcity and my time poor life that's unlikely to happen soon!
But yes I could see group collaborations - from funding through to set up and image processing.
On my earlier question - if a third party offered hosting and fee'd access to others images (at an agreed on price point) - this might make some sense if users could opt in to submit their data. If someone said to you donate the data and well pay you $50 every time some one wants it - you might end up ahead on a good image run. Similarily if someone said here are targets already imaged, with quality data at $50, $100, $200 etc price points versus a cost of $700 to do it your self - that would be a great option.
If I really want that image - I could offer to pay Peter to collect it using LB and you to process it etc. If I am only end result motivated I don't care how the magic is done nor the equipment used - only end results.
I ponder if LB will get a third party firm to offer a image data hosting and re-sale facility then allow another third party to offer image processing - they could well be a market for this.
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