<![CDATA[Tonight at dinner someone whipped this out of a backpack.]]>Tonight at dinner someone whipped this out of a backpack. It's a cordless telescope that in just 1 minute can do what 3 years ago took all night long, major expertise, an extension cord, ~4m³ and several thousand euros. It currently costs €700 and the price and size are plummeting each new release, even as the resolution grows exponentially. We photographed a nebula in the parking lot like point and shoot.

I was reminded of the first time I saw a home video made on a cell phone: big changes.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/d_rift/statuses/116378023079429802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/d_rift/statuses/116378023079429802Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:21:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tonight at dinner someone whipped this out of a backpack. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:25:06 GMT]]>@Tarnport What is it called?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/draftexcluder/statuses/116377800285043666https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/draftexcluder/statuses/116377800285043666Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:25:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tonight at dinner someone whipped this out of a backpack. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:34:26 GMT]]>@Tarnport under no circumstances are you to tell me what it's called or where to buy it as I would purchase it immediately.

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