A couple years ago I moved near Lowell Observatory and our city, Flagstaff, has a number of Dark Sky ordinances, which are great. I've seen so many more stars than ever in my life. We just bought our kids a Newtonian reflector telescope.
Most things have trade-offs. Hopefully, the reduced cost of access to space will allow launching of more space-based telescopes, which don't have problems with atmosphere. Any astronomers here that care to explain what only ground-based observatories can do?
Most things have trade-offs. Hopefully, the reduced cost of access to space will allow launching of more space-based telescopes, which don't have problems with atmosphere. Any astronomers here that care to explain what only ground-based observatories can do?