Just found this

[Bino Pete]

Free to use telescope can be found at the link below, you select your object and give the scope a few details about the photo you want to take and your email address, then wait for a couple of days for your picture to be emailed to you.

http://mo-www.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/OWN/Own.pl

Sorry if everyone already knows about it!!

[brantuk]

Nice find Pete - thanks for the link

[oobydooby]

Brilliant, trying it out now.  Thanks

[Tony72]

Just had a go, will see what comes out, 1x Mars + 1x Moon.

[baggywrinkle]

Nice....heh heh heh....now I can sit and sip wine and stay warm in the conservatory

 

Nice find!

[Davesellars]

Don't hold your breath though waiting for the results...

I remember trying this about 18 months ago - I put in for a few shots and nothing was ever emailed to me.

[Bino Pete]

54 minutes ago, Davesellars said:

Don't hold your breath though waiting for the results...

I remember trying this about 18 months ago - I put in for a few shots and nothing was ever emailed to me.

That's what I was worried about - I'll cross my fingers!!

[Bino Pete]

Just received some images back and everything seems good.

[Major]

Could you show us one please?

[Ruud]

Thanks Pete!

I'm observing the Eagle nebula in red light.

[Major]

Still trying, but their gallery pics don't load for some reason. Anyway, Moon, zoom, grey filter at 0.1sec.

[Bino Pete]

1 hour ago, Major said:

Could you show us one please?

Orion Nebula with red filter - my first practise one

[Major]

Thank you.

[adder001]

That is cool, Tried it yesterday, I asked for M51 at 15 sec and got my image back today. I did a comparison pic so I could see what a scope like this would be like compared to mine and I am well pleased.

You can see what the weather was like at the time also and view the details of the image eg, forcal length etc.

Also which I think is really good is it gives you the image as a FITS file which you can edit and there is even a free basic photo processing software to download which I like because its so easy to use.

The link for the image is below.

Thanks again for the link- good find

WhirlpoolGal161027114513.FITS

[Red meteor]

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I don't think I will be using this again. I have just received RGB images of M27. The red and green filters show star trails and the green filter has very tight stars but no nebula - identical to the dark frame! Also very limiting regarding exposure - single exposure, max 60s - perhaps shorter would be better with that standard of tracking. At least it was free.

 

[gtis]

Hi just tried it

do you have to register first

 

[Major]

You don't mate, just give your e-mail address.

[gtis]

Where do you give the email address 

[Major]

When you choose what you want a picture of and other options, you have to provide address to receive it.

[gtis]

Just tried it can't choose gender and state

[Vicky050373]

1 hour ago, gtis said:

Just tried it can't choose gender and state

Yes Neil, it wouldn't let me select those either. Shame as I'd liked to have had a go with it.

[SonnyE]

On 10/27/2016 at 13:46, Bino Pete said:

Orion Nebula with red filter - my first practise one

 

Keep at it Pete!

Practice makes perfect!

That site appears to take only raw or B&W photos. I put in for one to see if it works for me.

(I want to compare it to my own shots.)

[Ruud]

8 hours ago, gtis said:

Just tried it can't choose gender and state

If you can't choose a gender you may be in a state of confusion. Just click on one of the options for gender. And for instance, if you're in a state of dismay, or indeed of confusion, these are not our states, so choose the option 'outside us'. Click No if you want us to stop gathering information about you.

□ Yes

Or try a different browser

 

[gtis]

When you try to click on gender or state it goes back to age 

got it working on my laptop running windows 7 and chrome