06-04-2015, 01:20 PM
(06-03-2015, 04:46 PM)Parsons Wrote: I can imagine someone designing/mass producing one of these for regular consumer usage and making all the current telescope technology obsolete. I have a 5 inch telescope that cost me like 4 or 500 bucks a few years ago and from the description, this telescope would blow it out of the water.
Very interesting point, Parsons. Even otherwise, the concept of the 'citizen scientist' is gaining in prominence. Such telescopes in the hands of people outside academia, but those who are deeply interested in science, can lead to multiple serendipitous discoveries.