>The idea was to get a little telescope (like Dragonfly it's pretty much just a telephoto lens with a detector attached) and then have it look at ~1/3 of the sk

>The idea was to get a little telescope (like Dragonfly it's pretty much just a telephoto lens with a detector attached) and then have it look at ~1/3 of the sky every night.< That part--"every night"--is so important to the science (and art) of astronomy...dogged determination (read as regular viewing) has led to countless insights and discoveries... One of my goals is to incorporate an R-Pi 2 (minimum) into my viewing...program it to look for changes when I can't spend time at the telescope on the deck outside my house... I'm strictly an amateur at astronomy, but my interest was piqued, in 1994 when I spent a summer volunteering at a youth camp which included, as evening programming, a once-a-week visit by an astronomy club from a semi-major metropolitan area... That year, as most amateur astronomers will likely remember, the year the comet Levy-Shoemaker broke apart and impacted Jupiter...we were able to watch this maginificent event as it unfolded ...it was something to see... Images here: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/top20.html http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/sl9/top20.html The kids at camp were more interested in looking at the moon for a while then heading off to the Tradin' Post for evening snacks, but the astronomy club members always stayed until around 1:00pm, and let me share some peeks...wonderful...