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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: GillE on January 04, 2010, 20:48

Title: Online Streamed Astronomy Images
Post by: GillE on January 04, 2010, 20:48

Is there anywhere online which streams live astronomy images?  If I wanted to look at (say) Betelgeuse live and zoom in, could I?

Title: Re: Online Streamed Astronomy Images
Post by: Simon on January 04, 2010, 22:17

Where are Clive and Sam when you need them?!   ::) ;D

Title: Re: Online Streamed Astronomy Images
Post by: Clive on January 05, 2010, 09:07

Clive was nursing the baby back to sleep.   :D  I'm sure Sam will come up with something better but I can offer you the Cambridge All-Sky camera situated at the Institute of Astronomy.  The url is http://www.beskeen.com/allskycam.shtml but be warned there are a few dead pixels which can be confused for stars.  You can't zoom in though.  Cambridge probably has the greatest number of cloud free skies anywhee in the country. 

Title: Re: Online Streamed Astronomy Images
Post by: GillE on January 05, 2010, 10:27

Thanks Clive - bookmarked  :)  :thumbs:

Title: Re: Online Streamed Astronomy Images
Post by: sam on January 05, 2010, 10:36

you could use wikisky, which has archived images... or if you wanted to take your own the bradford telescope (http://www.telescope.org/) offers a service where you request observations takes a while though.