virtual astronomy???

[starstalker]

just found this on amazon,somehow u can use a small telescope and a large tv to skyhop from the comfort of your living room.(dont ask me if its any good ,probably not but worth a look anyway)

Home Theater Astronomy: Using a Real Telescope in a Virtual Sky to Find Deep Sky Objects (Renaix' Home Theater Deep Sky Program) eBook: P. Messier Renaix, Devon Ronsse: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

[tonyh66]

I don't get it? what do you use the telescope for, looking at the tv screen when you are running stellarium from the PC?

[starstalker]

i really havnt a clue,i was hoping someone else would know lol

[Axe]

yeah pretty much ...the pictures of space is on the TV and you point the telescope to it, then observer their photo's of what astronomy looks like lol( the picture moves and zooms in...not the Telescope)

[acey]

So you need to put your scope at the minimum focussing distance from the TV - which means you probably need to put the scope in the garden and look through the window - which means you might as well look at the sky instead.

Slightly more practical ways of doing indoor astronomy are remote observatories e.g. Rent-a-Scope

GRAS - The Global Remote Telescope Network - GRAS Telescope Bookings & Observing Plan Generator

Remote Observatories