Yesterday I started playing around with my long-dormant account on Global Rent-A-Scope and took my first picture from a telescope in Israel.
This is M82, a galaxy in Ursa Major around 12 million light years from here. It gives birth to new stars at a higher than usual rate because of its gravitational interaction with M81. It’s not a great picture, but I’m basking in the coolness of being able to control a telescope half a world away and taking pictures of the stars while it’s broad daylight here. Over time I’m going to master the fine points of exposures and binning and capture some better images. Watch for more pictures here soon.