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Telescope Live Monthly Picture Contests

Marco Rocchetto — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 15:57:56 +0000

Telescope Live Monthly Picture Contests

Marco Rocchetto Wed, 12/01/2021 - 15:57

Great prizes up for grab every month for the best astrophotography picture!

Please Note: Our Telescope Live Astrophotography Picture Contest has been temporarily paused and will resume after the launch of TL 4 - the future and improved version of the Telescope Live platform.

In this page, you will find the rules for Telescope Live Astrophotography Picture Contests and the respective prizes up for grabs.

So, if you are intrigued by the idea to compete (in a friendly way, of course) for the best astrophotography picture, and you want to give it a go trying to win hundreds of credits to use on our platform this is the opportunity you were waiting for.

If you aren't a subscriber yet, you have to sign up to Telescope Live to participate in the contests. We have a one-week free trial where you can enjoy all the features of the Silver plan for free, for one week.

General Rules Of Engagement

There are two contests each month, called One-Click Contest and Bundle Contest.

Each of these two contests has two tiers, Beginner and Expert. The tier depends on your skill level in post-processing. Later below, we will tell how you will be assigned one of the two tiers.

We will award a prize to the winner of each contest and each tier. Therefore, there will be 4 winners each month, 2 in the Beginner tier, and 2 for the Expert tier, in both the One-Click and Bundle contests.

Anyone with a Telescope Live subscription (Bronze, Silver or Gold) can participate in these contests.

RULE #1

Every month we will select the One-Click Observation and Observation Bundle qualifying for the One-Click Contest and Bundle Contest respectively:

One-Click Observations contain around two images per filter for either the LRGB or HSO filter sets and around 1-hr of observing time in total. They are relatively easy to post-process as you don’t have many images to combine. However, creating a stunning picture will be challenging as you have little integration time and only a few images available.
Observation Bundles are collections of One-ClickObservations of the same object, obtained with the same telescope and filters. They contain dozens of images and several hours of observations. A bundle allows you to create stunning pictures using advanced techniques to combine the images and highlight weak details in the picture.

You can participate to both contests each month.

Note that for the One-Click Contest we will choose observations da do not qualify for a bundle, so you will have only One-Click Observations available for the chosen object obtained with a given telescope and filter set.

We will provide direct links to the qualifying One-Click Observation and Observation Bundle. We will announce the new contests every month on our Blog, in our newsletter, via dedicated communications, and in our Facebook Community.

RULE #2

Before you can submit your image for the contest and qualify for the contests, you need to have at least 3 pictures in the gallery post-processed by you using data obtained from Telescope Live

This is essential to establish and confirm your skill level, see next rule.

RULE #3

Depending on your skill level, you can participate in the One-Click and Bundle contests in the Beginner or Expert tiers.

To find out your skill level, you should follow this short guide by clicking on the link below:

Our jury (see below) has the authority to move you from one tier to the other if they think you are in the wrong one. To take their decision, they will also check the previous images you posted in the gallery (see RULE # 2).

You can also ask us to review your tier to be reassigned to a new one.

RULE #4

To qualify for the contest of the current month you must upload your astro-picture in our gallery before the end of each month.

If you exceed the terms, your picture won’t qualify.

You must also tag the picture uploaded in our gallery with some specific tags:

#OneClickContestMMMYY for the One-Click Contest
#BundleContestMMMYY for the Bundle Contest

Where MMM represents the first three letters of the month (e.g. Sep, Oct, Nov etc), and YY represents the year (e.g. 21), e.g. #OneClickContestDec21 or #BundleContestDec21

You will also need to add the relevant tag related to your skill level (see Rule #3) to the picture you upload:

#Beginner if you are in the beginner tier
#Expert if you are in the expert tier

If you don’t apply these tags, you won’t be qualified for the contest.

RULE #5

Anyone who is caught cheating will be permanently banned from our future contests.

The Jury And Their Criteria

The jury is composed of world-renowned astrophotographers that need no introduction if you are part of the astrophotography world and Telescope Live, and include: Adam Block, Nik Szymanek, Peter Jenkin, Stellar xPeriences. Every now and then, we might invite some additional people to be on the judging panel.

Each judge will independently choose two pictures for every contest category, and then during a dedicated meeting, they will discuss among themselves which ones will be the winner.

The judges will decide at the beginning of every month and the winners will be announced shortly after.

One-Click Contest

This contest is available to all subscribers: Bronze, Silver, and Gold members.
You have to pick the One-Click Observation featured in the current month. Note that you won't be able to combine more than a One-Click Observation of the same object. We will specifically pick One-Click Observations that have not been repeated.
If you haven't grabbed it yet, you will need to grab the One-Click Observation using your credit balance
You cannot include images that you've obtained through Advanced Requests.
You must post-process the FITS images coming with the One-Click, you can't use the preview image provided with the One-Click Observation. You can check our basic tutorial here or more advanced tutorials here.
The picture must be posted on the gallery by the end of the current month
You must upload the picture using the following tag: #OneClickContestMMMYY plus the tier #Expert or #Beginner, e.g. #OneClickContestOct21, #Expert

PRIZES

The winners of the best picture in the One-Click Contest will receive:

25 credits prize (value $38) in the Beginner tier
50 credits prize (value $76) in the Expert tier

Bundle Contest

This contest is available to all subscribers: Bronze, Silver, and Gold members.
You have to pick the Observation Bundle featured in the current month
If you haven't grabbed it yet, you will need to grab the Observation Bundle using your credit balance
You are free to grab fewer One-Click Observations contained in the bundle instead of grabbing all of them. Obviously, this will potentially compromise the final image as you have fewer observations to work with.
You cannot include images that you've obtained through Advanced Requests.
You must post-process the FITS images coming with the Observation Bundle, you can't use the preview image provided with the One-Click Observation. You can check our basic tutorial here or more advanced tutorials here.
The picture must be posted on the gallery by the end of the current month
You must upload the picture using the following tag: #BundleContestMMMYY plus the tier #Expert or #Beginner, e.g. #BundleContestOct21, #Expert

PRIZES

The winners of the best picture in the Bundle Contest will receive:

75 credits prize (value $113) in the Beginner tier
100 credits prize (value $140) in the Expert tier

Special Contests

From time to time, we launch special one-off contests. The specific rules and prizes for these contests will be explained in the contest announcement post.

Frequently Asked Question

If I already post-processed the One-Click Observation or Observation Bundle and posted it in the gallery before the contest was announced, does my image qualify?
Yes, your image qualifies. You simply have to Edit your posted image, and add the relevant tags.

Not bad, huh?

Now that you have all the details for the the different contests, the only thing left to do is to start the competition and get your hands dirty with some crazy observations and post-processing!

Let's have a clean fight, touch hands and go back to your corners! 😉

Comments

Stefano Zamblera

Dear friends, good evening from Livorno - Italy. May I ask you please, about monthly contest, can I integrate both single observations available by the link given in contest intro, or should I choose one among them to be eventually candidated? Thanks in advance and wishing clear skies from Tsucany!!! Stefano

Marco Rocchetto

Hello Stefano, In this case, as there are two datasets available for download from the link we have provided, it is possible to use both for the final integration. Good Luck!

Roberto Frassi

Hi, is it possible to participate in one of the categories with two versions of the image at the same time?
E.g .: Bicolor and SHO or SHO and Starless, etc ...
Thanks.

Andrija Pranjic

Am I allowed to crop/rotate given OneClick-Contest image how ever I want or there are also the rules? Thanks! Good job, keep it up!

Telescope Live

Hi Andrija, thanks for the feedback :) You are allowed to rotate, and crop slightly. A major crop would probably not be accepted, but then it's also up to the judges so you can take your chance!

Scotty Bishop

This is going to be fun! This has also moved these two objects to the top of my processing list. All my answers were b so I have some tough competition.

John Ebersole

Please clarify which OCO's and OB's are eligible each month? Only single OCO's collected during the month? Which OB's, since they are not dated? You will select those eligible and provide a direct link?

Telescope Live

Hi John, every month we will announce the OCO and OB that are eligible, see RULE #3:
...
We will provide direct links to the qualifying One-Click Observation and Observation Bundle. We will announce the new contests every month on our Blog, in our newsletter, via dedicated communications, and in our Facebook Community.

We will announce the ones qualifying for December later today.

vikas chander

is image to be uploaded in tiff or jpeg ?... any size restrictions ?

Telescope Live

Hi Vikas, JPEG is preferred. You should keep file size below 10 Mb, although this is not a strict size limitation.

Weather Update from Spain

Marco Rocchetto — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:46:11 +0000

Weather Update from Spain

Marco Rocchetto Thu, 12/10/2020 - 14:46

You might be wondering why your observations submitted to our Spanish observatory are not arriving, and are continuously postponed.

Well, the simple answer is the weather. Our Spanish observatory is located in one of the driest regions in Europe, but in the winter months, we still experience a lot of rainy and humid days. So, between mid-November and January, we have a lot of unexpected weather that interrupts the schedule.

Humidity, on top of clouds, is also a killer. We cannot open our roofs if humidity is higher than 90%. We do this to protect our expensive equipment.

Weather affects One-Click Observations and Advanced Requests, submitted to all our Spanish telescopes (SPA-1, 2 and 3).

What can I do?

There's not much we can do to beat the weather!

But you can keep an eye on the weather forecasts and hope for the better. We recommend using ClearOutside, an excellent weather forecast service built astronomers. Weather forecasts for our Spanish observatory are available here.

If the weather looks terrible like now, and if you are looking to get some images faster, you should remove your One-Click Observations or delete your Advanced Requests submitted to Spain (you will get a refund in the second case), and resubmit to our southern hemisphere observatories.

The weather in Chile and Australia is, in fact, much better! (You can check the forecasts here for Chile, and here for Australia).

First snow of the year. Here's Colin from our Spanish Observatory cleaning the roofs of the workshop.

Welcome CHI-5, our new widest field refractor

Marco Rocchetto — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 19:29:37 +0000

Welcome CHI-5, our new widest field refractor

Marco Rocchetto Wed, 11/25/2020 - 19:29

We are proud to announce that a new telescope has been added to Telescope Live!

On top of CHI-1, 2, 3 and 4 at the El Sauce Observatory in the Rio Hurtado valley, Chile, you will now have access to CHI-5!

Images from CHI-5 will be offered as Pro Datasets, as One-Click Observations, and you also have the possibility to use it yourself by submitting an Advanced Request (see below some suggested targets).

It has been nicknamed the “Very Small Telescope” (VST) as its aperture is only 10 cm, but don’t be fooled, it’s equipped with a wide field camera lens (a Nikon 200 F/2 lens), so what it can observe - its field of view - is a pretty large portion of the sky, 473 x 378 arcmin (or 7.9 x 6.3 degrees).

Moreover, it can be used to observe in LRGB and narrowband filters, making it the ideal instrument to observe large nebulae, as you can see here below.

Still, a smaller telescope is cheaper to operate and so it will be the cheapest one for you to use – just 50 credits per hour. So, even if you’re not that familiar with Astrophotography, it’s worth getting started by trying to observe a nebula with our VST.

Such low cost makes it the perfect telescope for those who never dared to take a picture with our Advanced Requests!

Submit your Advanced Request here!

Otherwise, as part of your Bronze, Silver or Gold plan you can submit a One-Click Observation from CHI-5:

Submit a One Click Observation now!

The Orion Nebula and the Horsehead Nebula, as seen from the large field of view of CHI-5

With CHI-5, you can choose between various exposure times, 90, 180, 300 or 600 seconds, with a minimum cumulative exposure time of 30 minutes – this is usually enough to observe brighter objects, but for fainter targets you may consider increasing that observation length.

Note that on CHI-5 only Custom Scheduling is supported. With this scheduling mode, you will be able to choose the exact time of your observations, but, contrarily to Automated Scheduling, it means that if the date you choose leads to a failed run (due to weather or technical issues), you will be refunded and you have to resubmit it. However, you shouldn’t worry too much about the weather causing failed exposures, since in Rio Hurtado has one of the driest weather on Earth.

The telescope on its mount, with the CCD camera

If you wish to find out more technical details about this new telescope you can have a look at the dedicated web page.

Astrophotography Targets for CHI-5

Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
Vela supernova remnant
IC 2177
NGC 2244
M 42
NGC 1909
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
NGC 292
Barnard's Loop

Now that you’re acquainted with CHI-5, are you ready to submit an observation? Submit your advanced request now!

Comments

Tom Sadowski

Fabulous! Is it possible to do Mosaic sessions with CHI-5

Transition From Old to New Plans

Marco Rocchetto — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:58:38 +0000

Transition From Old to New Plans

Marco Rocchetto Thu, 10/15/2020 - 10:58

As I have promised you in my last blog post, today I will tell you what will happen to our existing clients and to those of you who still have credits to spend.

You know that, with the current version of Telescope Live, you can use our telescopes with the pay-as-you-go formula but this will change with the 2.0 version.

So, it is absolutely natural that you may ask yourself something like:

“What will happen to all the credits that I’ve accumulated?”

Well, the good news is that those credits are yours and you will have all the time you want to use them.

This is something I wanted to guarantee to our existing clients because I truly respect the trust you gave us in the past and I won’t do anything that might compromise that trust.

But some things will change with Telescope Live 2.0 and I wrote this update in order to explain how these changes are going to affect you.

Let’s start from the bottom and see all the transitions for each and every existing plan.

The first thing to know is that, as soon as the new platform will be launched, you will see in your profile section that you are in a “Legacy Plan”.

This is the plan where all the existing customers will be placed at the beginning of the transition.

If you are in a Free Plan.

Nothing will happen in this case.

With the transition to Telescope Live 2.0, you will be able to use your credits for the Advanced Requests till you finish them and there will be no need to subscribe to one of our new plans.

That said, you won’t have the possibility to buy more credits (since this will be a prerogative of the Silver and Gold subscribers).

Clearly, you also won’t have access to all the new functionalities until you decide to subscribe to one of the new plans.

If you chose one of the 3 new plans (and, given all the crazy new functions and benefits, I strongly encourage you to do that) you will go from the Legacy Plan to the new one you choose (either Bronze, Silver or Gold).

At this point you will have all the benefits of your new subscription plan plus all the credits accumulated in the past.

“Marco, is that all? It doesn’t sounds great to me”

It has been sometime that you receive my updates and probably you are expecting something more…

You know what? You are right!

Even though you are in a free plan, I’ve decided against the will of our accountant – who would gladly kill me for all the benefits we have included in the new plans – that you absolutely have to try the new platform.

For this reason you will get 1 free month of the Silver Plan features.

This way you will be able to try it for 30 days and then freely decide if you want to stay out of our revolution or become an active part of it.

Once the 1 month free trial expires, you will have to decide what to do (either subscribe or stay in the Legacy Plan until you have spent all the credits accumulated – credits that you won’t be able to buy).

If you are in a $19/month Plan.

Also in this case, you will remain on your current plan and you will be able to spend your credits when you want.

But, since I truly value the relationship with our clients who have subscribed in the past (thank you guys, without you we would have had really tough times), I have decided to give you 3 months of free trial of the Silver Plan features!

That’s a present for you that is valued $57.

Once the free trial period expires, you will have to choose what to do: either subscribe to one of our plans or stay with your current plan (the $19 per month).

If you decide not to subscribe to a new plan, you won’t have the possibility to buy new credits but you will still receive your 20 credits per month – as planned with your actual subscription.

In the future we may introduce a cut-off-date to the old subscriptions but this is going to happen in the distant future and you will receive a notice about that well in advance.

If you are in a $49/month Plan (or above).

Here we have applied the exact same principles of the previous plan, so you will still receive your monthly credit allowance, but you won’t be able to buy new credits.

The only (huge) difference is that, instead of 3 months of free trial of the Silver Plan, you will get 3 months of free trial for all the Gold Plan features!

The value of this free trial I’m offering you is of $147.

Not bad huh?

After such insane gifts and bonuses I’m offering you, I will have to ask you a big favour: pray for me because I know that, when the accountant will read this update, he will chase me with an axe!

Going back to serious business, if you decide that the Gold Plan (or even the other two) is no good for you, you are still able to use your credits the way you want.

But please remember that, if you don’t subscribe to a new plan (Silver or Gold), after your free trial you won’t have the possibility to buy new credits. However, you will still receive the amount of credits per month provided by your subscription.

I think that also this topic has been fully disclosed.

This was my last pre-launch update so keep your eyes peeled for the new one where I will announce the launch of Telescope Live 2.0!

New Subscription Plans for Telescope Live 2.0!

Marco Rocchetto — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 21:00:27 +0000

New Subscription Plans for Telescope Live 2.0!

Marco Rocchetto Mon, 10/12/2020 - 21:00

Today we continue our slow discovery of what Telescope Live 2.0 is going to look like.

But first, let me put things in context before we see the new subscription plans for Telescope Live 2.0.

As you know, with the current version of Telescope Live, you can buy credits at any time without the need to enter in any kind of subscription plan.

On the other side, if you subscribe to a plan, you have different discounts on the credits based on the plan you choose (plus some complimentary credits for each month you stay within a subscription plan).

With Telescope Live 2.0 this is going to drastically change.

In fact, there will be no possibility at all to use one of our telescopes if you are not on one of the subscription plans.

One of the reasons why we took this decision is because our users are – luckily for us – growing in numbers.

But this means that we have a lot of requests coming from novices or people that wanted to try our service for the first time that are keeping our telescopes very – and I mean VERY – busy.

The other main reason that led us to this choice is that we wanted to change how people approached remote imaging and astrophotography in general.

In the last few weeks, I’ve gone into great detail about the revolution that we are going through.

We are changing almost every aspect of our platform and we are doing so in order to let Telescope Live be the New Home For Astrophotography.

Of course, this process took time, energy and resources; resources that were all focused in order to give you more freedom of choice.

But we will do it in a sort of counter intuitive way.

In Telescope Live 2.0, we will tackle this necessity of changing and all the issues we have experienced with our “old” platform with the introduction of the two new observing modalities I’ve previously told you about (the “One-Click Observations” and the “Pro Datasets”).

This way, the beginners will have the chance to try our services with some functions that will not “clog” the observation queue, leaving more observation time to the expert observers.

“Marco, this really sounds like discrimination to me!”

Hold your horse my friend!

I know that this decision might look discriminatory but it really isn’t.

In fact, it derives from the need to “prescribe” the best service to the right audience.

Follow me in this short reasoning.

If you are starting now with remote observation, is it really necessary to complicate your life with setting up an observation that maybe (just maybe) you won’t be able to exploit at 100% of its real potential?

I seriously doubt it…

Probably you should start this new journey from the basics, using the “One-Click Observations” and, if you are also getting started with post-processing, you can also use the “Pro Datasets”.

I don’t know if you remember, but in a previous email I told you about the learning aspect of Telescope Live 2.0 and, if you think about it, this decision is perfectly consistent with our learning program.

Indeed, we want to deliver the best service to the right people and we also want to give you the opportunity to grow your knowledge about space while observing it.

But this doesn’t necessarily mean that you are not ready for the “Advanced Requests”.

That said, you must know that, if you want to take control of one of our telescopes, you will still be able to do it.

The only new thing will be that you must be subscribed to a specific plan (either the Silver or the Gold plan – more about this topic in a minute).

Don’t you worry, as you will see in a second, these plans are not prohibitive in terms of cost.

On the contrary in fact!

Our subscriptions are in place to better diversify our new platform offerings to you, based on what aspect of the platform you would like to use.

But let’s see in practical terms all the differences between the various plans with a careful examination of each one, starting with the lowest – both in terms of cost and functionalities:

The Bronze Plan.

With the Bronze plan you will basically:

Be able to submit one “One-Click Observation” at a time.

If you don’t remember/know what a “One-Click Observation” is, you can read it here but to make it easier for you, let me briefly sum it up. It works like this:

You choose from a list of specially selected objects to observe,
you send us your request
and we will observe it for you.
Some hours/days later (depending from the observation’s conditions and from the object chosen), once we have gathered the data, we will send you a full coloured picture ready to be shared, along with the raw data should you wish to process it yourself
and then you will have the possibility to request another “One-Click Observation”.
Moreover, you will have access to the standard video tutorials produced by our world-renowned astrophotographers (that we are going to publish constantly) that will let you improve both your observation and post-processing skills.

Finally, you will have access to the community and to all the learning resources.

As you might have understood, this subscription plan addresses all the novices and the people who are curious about learning about space.

The cost? A mere $4 per month!

The Silver Plan.

Here things are starting to get interesting…

With the Silver plan you can have five “One-Click Observations” at a time.

Instead of just 1 (as in the Bronze plan) you will be able to submit 5 different requests at any given time; each time we return to you a completed “One-Click Observation”, you will have a new one to use (and so on up to the limit of 5 active requests at the same time).

But this isn’t the real cool thing about the Silver plan… In fact,

You will have access to the standard “Pro Datasets”.

Once again, if you don’t remember/know what are these, you can read it here but to make it easier for you, let me briefly sum it up. It works like this:

You can choose the “Pro Dataset” you want
and you will immediately download the raw data of your chosen observation that would have been carefully chosen by our team of experts, without having to wait for an observation to complete or for clear skies.

Of course, this new observation modality was carefully studied for those who want high quality data and want to immediately start to work on post-processing.

The other very cool thing is that, with many “Pro Datasets”, you will also get specific video tutorials that will boost your post-processing skills.

This will be the best value for money service you can imagine since you will get the same images taken with our professional top quality telescopes included in your subscription plan!

But wait, there is more!

In fact, you will have access to all the premium video tutorials we are going to publish.

The premium video tutorials will be much more detailed and advanced videos than the standard ones (included with the Bronze plan) and they will enormously increase your processing abilities.

Moreover, with the Silver plan, you will have the chance to buy credits and to submit “Advanced Requests”.

With this plan you will be able to take control of our telescopes, setting up all the technical aspects of your observations and deciding where to point them.

As with the Bronze plan, you will have access to the community and to all the learning resources.

The cost for this incredible offer is a shocking $19 per month!

But now it’s time to get serious, so let’s see the last and most complete plan we have created for you.

The Gold Plan.

Here you will get all the features included in the Silver plan, such as:

Access to all the premium video tutorials we are going to publish.

Access to the community and to all the learning resources.

The possibility to buy credits and to submit the “Advanced Requests”.

But, obviously, we have included a lot of more stuff, such as:

Unlimited “One-Click Observations”.

With the Gold plan, you will have the possibility to simultaneously request all the “One-Click Observations you can dream of.

Access to the premium “Pro Datasets”.

The premium “Pro Datasets” are going to be much more sophisticated (and therefore expensive) raw data than the standard ones included in the Silver plan.

Expensive for us, not for you!

In fact, you will get raw data that will take hours of observation from our telescopes and they will be included with your subscription.

This means that you will get data that, to observe right now creating the observing request yourself, will easily cost you more than 250 credits.

Get 20% of discount on the observation through the “advanced requests”.

This means that, if you set up an observation with the Silver plan it is going to cost you 100 credits, instead it will cost you only 80 credits.

Finally – and this is very cool – you will be assigned to a personal tutor with whom you will have a one-to-one 30 minutes call each month.

Having a dedicated tutor will support you even more in your learning process.

He will be your personal guide, helping out in case you need any kind of assistance in post processing or in observing with the Advanced Requests.

Imagine you have a specific topic about post-processing or an observation issue that you want to explore in more details…

Now you can ask your questions directly to one of our tutors in a one-to-one call that will guide you through the whole process.

This thing alone is worth the cost of the monthly subscription.

I know that you are now probably asking yourself something like:

“Wow! That’s a ton of amazing stuff you are offering with the Gold plan…

It must cost a fortune!”

Well, you are wrong…

The Gold plan will only cost $49 per month!

I know, it’s insane… especially when you do the maths.

When you download just one premium “Pro Dataset” (that, if you create the same observation with the “Advanced requests”, can cost more than 250 credits) you are basically covering the cost of 5 months of a Gold plan subscription…

…And that with just one download of a single premium “Pro Dataset”!

Well, this is all I have to tell you about the new plans that are going to be implemented with Telescope Live 2.0.

Of course you will be able to cancel your subscription plan at any time you want (even though I seriously doubt that you will be able to find elsewhere this kind of liberty and magnitude of services offered for observing the night skies).

Before we say goodbye, let me sum it up for you with an easy to understand comparative chart:

As always, if you have any questions on the topic we have treated today, you can drop me an email and I will be more than glad to answer any of your doubts.

In my next email (and last one before the launch), I will tell you what will happen to our existing customers and to those of you who still have a good amount of credits to spend.

The only thing you have to know now is that I have quite a good surprise for you guys.

The 6 enemies that are able to ruin any observation

Marco Rocchetto — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 14:11:23 +0000

The 6 enemies that are able to ruin any observation

Marco Rocchetto Sat, 10/10/2020 - 14:11

Read this article to learn how to defeat them – once and for all!

My dear Astro-addict,

I know that every astrophotographer constantly faces the same common problems with their observations.

I’ve identified 6 specific enemies that are able to ruin the day (or maybe I should say the night) of every astrophotographer.

I’ve decided to write this article because we have found a solution that is going to get rid of these 6 common enemies.

Before we dive in, allow me to do a brief introduction/disclaimer:

The revolutionary solution that I’m going to present you is not a substitute to “going out in the fields”.

We all know that taking your gears to a remote location far away from the city’s light pollution and spending all night in search of the best Astro-picture is part of the fun in this hobby (a big part indeed).

So, keep this fact in mind while reading this article, because what I’m going to present you is a solution that will allow you to overcome the most common problems when you don’t have enough time, resources or when some external factors (such as the weather) are plotting against your observations.

The only thing that we want to do is to bring a new way of observing the night sky and to give you all the necessary instruments for cultivating your passion in a more deeply and conscious manner.

That said, we are finally ready to see which are the 6 main and common enemies that every astrophotographer has to face and how we can beat them!

Enemy # 1

The Weather – that son of a gun

"Full moon on a cloudy night. Take 2" by slworking2 is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Ok, this first enemy is probably the worst you can face.

Being a practical man, I have always hated things which I don’t have any kind of control over and the weather is probably the most subtle enemy.

Even if you go out with your gear during a wonderful night, there is always the chance that a perfectly sized cloud comes out of nowhere and ruins your observation.

This is particularly painful if it happens just in the middle of your observation when you have already spent so much time finding the perfect spot, choosing your target and setting up the telescope.

Without mentioning those periods of the year when the weather is characterized by rain, fog and cloudy skies.

Sometimes weeks can go by without having the chance to observe the night sky.

Here there is nothing you can actually do because you are totally lacking control over this element.

But…

We have a solution!

Thanks to the fact that our observatories are located under the best skies, you now have the chance to acquire great astrophotography pictures in the best sky conditions, even when the weather is hitting hard where you live.

Choose from El Souce in Chile, Heaven’s Mirror in Australia or IC Astronomy in Spain.

With our vast choice of locations, you can now forget all your weather problems once and for all!

Enemy # 2

"Moon" by sjmck licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

The Moon – A Pale And Demanding Mistress

Well, after the weather, I think that the moon is probably the second most insidious enemy.

Even though we know when the moon will be “out for the night”, it can always ruin our observations.

The new-moon days are very limited and, if the weather doesn’t collaborate and is badly behaved in that period, the chances to observe your selected object go down the drain.

When you are selecting your target, you must be very careful in order to be sure that the moonlight doesn’t interfere, and this can be really painful.

But…

We have a solution!

Thanks to our automated schedule, you can choose the desired moon conditions in which you wish to observe.

Select the best moon avoidance constraints for your observation in relation to the object you desire and we guarantee you the best results!

Enemy # 3

Time - The Scarcest Resource On Earth

We all know that time is a big problem and, in cultivating this passion, you will need a lot of it.

You will need the time to reach the perfect spot.

You will need the time to set up your telescope.

You will need the time to acquire the images.

And finally, you will need the time to post-process the pictures.

All that time spent tells us one thing: this hobby is not for everyone.

You must devote yourself to astrophotography and, as you know, without passion there is no devotion.

This immense passion is the reason why the astrophotography community is made by very special individuals who love to share with the world their knowledge and discoveries.

And that’s something just awesome!

Sometimes though, you physically don’t have all the time that is necessary to create a jaw-dropping picture.

We all live frenetic lives and this lifestyle doesn’t get along very well with our passion.

Without even mentioning the fact that, sometimes, you want to set up a very long observation and you are forced to split it into several night sessions.

A situation that requires much more time than the one you usually spend for a “simpler” observation.

But…

We have a solution!

If, for any kind of reason, you are living a period in which you don’t have enough time to dedicate to this passion, now you can still take great pictures of the night sky thanks to our automated service.

You choose the target and the observing parameters and we will take the images for you.

In a few days, you will receive in your Data Archive the images you requested ready to be post-processed.

Moreover, our automated scheduling allows you to set up observations that can run even for tens of hours, without the need to think about how to schedule them.

This is because our automated scheduler routinely takes care of scheduling your observations in the best possible way, allowing very long requests to be fulfilled optimally across several days or weeks.

Enemy # 4

Image’s Quality – Do You Like Playing The Russian’s Roulette? Neither do I

"referrence stars" by davedehetre is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Ok, let’s assume now that the fates have been benevolent with you

So you have all the time to go out and observe in peace, the weather is perfect and the moonlight doesn’t interfere with your observation…

You take your images and then you go home where you find out – with the greatest of misery and the most impetuous rage – that your data is not usable for the project you had in mind.

This is frustrating (to say the least).

Nobody will refund you for your time, resources and energy spent.

But…

We have a solution!

Thanks to specific algorithms and a proven quality control system, we guarantee the best observation results!

If, for any reason, the pictures taken with our telescopes are compromised, we schedule a new observation until the right photo (or data) comes out like you are expecting it.

In such a way, we can be sure that your observations will be exactly the ones you paid for.

Enemy # 5

Money – Makes The World Go Round

"Foreign Currency and Coins" by bradipo is licensed under CC BY 2.0

This is a problem that not everybody is facing (luckily for them!).

But the great majority of astrophotographers can’t always say that money isn’t an issue.

Sometimes you really want to buy a new telescope, a new tripod or a new filter.

You need it in order to get to the “next level” or just to take a specific shot of the object you are constantly dreaming of!

But the problem is that this equipment has elevated upfront costs that can really be way too expensive.

But…

We have a solution!

Thanks to our network of 9 professional and top-quality telescopes located in 3 different observatories around the world, you will now have access to equipment that costs up to hundreds of thousands of dollars

And the great thing is that you will be able to use them paying an infinitesimal part of it.

To make a comparison, you could almost say that we are renting you a Formula 1 car for the price of renting a kid’s bicycle!

With our pay-as-you-go system, you will only pay for the telescope time that you use, without even being charged for all the pre-setting time necessary for the observation.

And, if you have never purchased telescope time before, we have an incredible offer ready for you!

Enemy # 6

Your Physical Position – Son, You’ve Ended Up In The Wrong Hemisphere!

"Hammond Cylindrical Projection World Map 1905" by perpetualplum is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Sometimes the problems we face is that we deeply want to take a picture of an object but we can’t physically do it…

Most of the time, this issue is associated with our physical position (i.e. where we are).

There are many astrophotographers living in the northern hemisphere that would gladly sell their mother in order to take a picture of the Tarantula Nebula, as well as there are people living in the southern part of our planet that would do the same for grabbing raw data of the Pleiades.

This barrier can be overcome only if you catch a plane and travel abroad (most of the time in some isolated and lost locations).

In this case, the problems you face are (again) money and time…

In fact, not everyone can afford a trip to the other hemisphere – either for a question of money or a matter of time.

Or maybe, more easily, you can be in a specific time of the year when your chosen target is almost inaccessible for reasons such as its elevation, the moment of the night when it becomes visible or, again, due to the position and brightness of the moon…

But…

We have a solution!

In case the observation’ schedule of your chosen target is incompatible with your usual observation’s location in that specific time of the year, we’ve got you covered thanks to our automated scheduling that takes care of all the different factors impeding your observation.

But we also cover the problems associated with the limitations of your usual location, since, with our network of telescopes located in both hemispheres, you can now take shots of all the objects that you have always dreamt of but that have always been inaccessible before!

Observe Now The Night Skies Of Both Hemispheres

And, if you have never purchased telescope time before, we have an incredible offer ready for you!

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These were the 6 main enemies that every astrophotographer has to face (up until now)!

As I’ve demonstrated to you, there is a solution to all these problems and this solution is remote imaging!

Now you can finally observe the night sky and every celestial object you may have dreamed of at any time from the comfort of your home with a guaranteed result!

At Telescope Live, we give you the chance to observe the night sky with our professional and top-quality telescopes located under the best skies in the world, obtaining jaw-dropping pictures of your favourite celestial objects – and you will do all that from the comfort of your home

As I’ve said in the introduction of this article, this is not a substitute for going out hunting for space objects.

We only want to offer to all the true passionate astrophotographers of the world a new way of observing the night sky.

We want to give you all the instruments necessary for cultivating your passion in a more deeply and conscious manner.

So why don’t you give remote imaging a chance with Telescope Live?

Try now Telescope Live and, if it’s your first time, you will get an incredible first-time purchase offer! ;)

I hope that this article may have widened your observation’s limits.

Welcome to The New Home For Astrophotography!

Welcome to Telescope Live!

First image credit: "Astrofotografie Equipment (CGEM, C8)" by cfaobam is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Telescope Live 2.0. Offers You A New Way Of Learning About Space

Marco Rocchetto — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 21:25:09 +0000

Telescope Live 2.0. Offers You A New Way Of Learning About Space

Marco Rocchetto Tue, 10/06/2020 - 21:25

Today I will introduce you to another very important revolution that will take place with Telescope Live 2.0; I’m talking about the Learning aspect.

Even though we never stop posting articles about astronomy news every week and publishing tutorials on how to create stunning astrophotography pictures, we realized that we had to go the extra mile.

We understood that we were clearly missing a path for those who are at the beginning of their space trip and a different one for those who are more interested in deepening their knowledge on a specific topic.

For this reason, we decided to create different learning resources that will help you master topics such as:

General and advanced astronomy
Basics and advanced astrophotography
News about what is going on in space
The latest trends in astrophotography

In this way, both the expert and the novice will be able to navigate to the information they are looking for without having to read oversimplified (or overcomplicated) information that is not at their level of knowledge.

For the more official blog articles, we will also add all those resources created by our users and contributors that want to share their knowledge, research and discoveries, making the whole practice of exchanging information more inclusive and entertaining.

But the learning process doesn’t end up in the blog section…

In fact, as I’ve mentioned in a previous email, many observations you will do (in particular the One-Click Observations and the Pro Datatsets) will come with some learning resources in order to let you learn about space and post-processing while observing the night sky.

Moreover, we will also have the tutorials that will be recorded by our team of experts but also by some famous and affirmed astrophotographers with whom we are teaming up in order to bring you the best practices used by the pros.

The great thing about the new tutorials that you will find in Telescope Live 2.0. is that you will have the possibility to comment on the videos and put questions directly to the tutor who recorded it.

Such a tutorial will be organised and implemented on the same basic concept of the blog posts: dividing the contents between the different levels of expertise and knowledge.

This is because, for example, it is totally pointless to watch a two hour video tutorial on how to process a picture if you don’t even know which is the best program to use!

A couple of emails ago, when I told you about the community, maybe I forgot to tell you that yes, you are all going to be in the same place with people of different backgrounds, but what I didn’t mention is that we want to separate the groups into expert and novice users.

Wait! Hold your horses and don’t get me wrong!

We are not going to physically separate and “judge” the skills of our users; that’s the exact opposite of building a community and we don’t want to do that…

What we want to do is to create materials and start discussions that are going to be more adequate to a specific group and less to another.

Basically, we don’t want to put our expert users in a position where they will “waste time” (the comas are compulsory in this case) in answering basic questions or debating with people who don’t have their same level of knowledge and experience.

On the other end of the spectrum, we also don’t want our new space explorers to be afraid or to be scared by the pros and their complex answers and replies.

Everyone will have the possibility to pose questions and answers to the others if – and only IF – they feel comfortable in doing so.

Of course it would be great if an expert desires to share his or her knowledge with those who are starting up… but we don’t want to force anybody to join a conversation that is not relevant to them.

For this reason, we will create a sequence of materials that we will send especially to the beginners in order to allow them to grow their knowledge and to speed up the learning process (both in using our platform but also in other fields related to astronomy and astrophotography).

We will also start an Academy that will bring you through a step-by-step process that will guide you in the discovery of our immense universe and in the world of astronomy and astrophotography.

DISCLAIMER: the launch of the Academy will take place some months after the actual launch of Telescope Live 2.0. This is because our main objective now is to give you a wonderful platform that works perfectly and we cannot do it if we are spreading our efforts on too many projects…

And also for today I believe that’s all.

I think that our debunking operation for Telescope Live 2.0. is going pretty well but if you have any specific question on the topic we have treated today, I would be grateful to you if you could drop me an email with the clarification you need.

In this way we can add some information that I might have “missed” in this email (and that you brought to our attention) to the next one.

In my next blog post I’m going to walk you through the new plans of Telescope Live 2.0. that we have thought of for you.

Two New Ways To Observe The Night Sky (And Much More)

Marco Rocchetto — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 17:28:16 +0000

Two New Ways To Observe The Night Sky (And Much More)

Marco Rocchetto Mon, 09/28/2020 - 17:28

As promised in the last article, today, I’m going to tell you more about the new features that we are implementing in our platform that will make it easier for you to observe the night sky.

Before I guide you through the two all-brand-new observation modalities, there is one function that is going to make it much more practical for you to keep your observations organized.

With the creation of the new user profiles that I told you about in my last article, we will be giving you the ability to add multiple versions of your image under a single Gallery image post.

For instance, if you want to show different processing techniques, or how you improved your image but you'd like to keep the old one instead of replacing it, now you can.

Moreover, through a new feature called Link to Project, you will be able to link your astrophotography photo with the original raw data that you obtained with Telescope Live.

This is especially useful to keep your data organized and always linked in the best way.

With such new functions, we are now offering you a unique solution to manage and store securely your original data, organize your stunning astrophotography photos and share them with a wider community.

As I’ve said in the past: “You asked, we listened and we implemented!”

Ok then, now let’s see the all-brand-new observation modalities I’ve mentioned at the beginning of this article.

One-Click Observations

If you are new to astrophotography and you are eager to learn about space, the One-Click Observations are the easiest and most convenient way to obtain coloured images from our telescopes.

You will be able to choose from plenty of night sky objects and have your images delivered in a matter of hours or a few days depending on the weather.

We will take the images for you and you will receive high quality coloured pictures ready to be shared.

This kind of observation is going to be crazily easy to use since no previous knowledge is required.

For all One-Click Observations, we will also provide the original raw data used to create the colored images you receive.

This is going to be the most affordable way to obtain processed images and raw data with our robotic telescopes!

We are going to offer you plenty of night sky objects daily (such as stars, nebulae and galaxies) to choose from.

And finally, you will be able to learn about space through your observations.

In fact, all the One-Click Observations will come with many learning resources, including tutorials on how to improve the colored images using the raw data obtained from the telescopes, and resources about the object you’ve observed.

Since this topic of learning has been one of the main points that we have developed with Telescope Live 2.0, we are going to explore it more in detail in my next article.

Pro Datasets

This kind of observation was specifically designed for those more focused on post-processing a picture.

With the Pro Datasets, you will have immediate access to tonnesof raw data without having to wait for severaldays to get your images delivered and without waiting for clear skies.

All the Pro Datasets will be regularly obtained from our network of telescopes - offering you a wide choice of raw images – and all of them will be curated by our team of expert astronomers and astrophotographers.

Most of them will also come with a step-by-step video tutorial that will boost your processing skills.

Disclaimer: In order to obtain a jaw-dropping picture, you will (obviously) require a post-processing program such as Photoshop or PixInsight (our recommended choice).

With the Pro Datasets you will leave the complexities of setting up the advanced requests to our expert observers and you will effortlessly download fully calibrated images ready for post-processing.

This is the best value for money you will get around!

Think about it: you will get the same images taken with our professional top quality telescopes at a fraction of the actual observation cost!

Advanced Requests

This observation modality is, at the moment, our core service.

Since we know that most experts and demanding astrophotographers want to tweak every aspect of their observations, we decided to keep this service and improve it.

On top of a renewed user interface, we have developed several features that will surely be welcome by every demanding observer:

The possibility to observe comets and asteroids simply providing their name. We will automatically get their ephemerides and schedule the observations automatically according to their observability.

The possibility to enable or disable dithering for all your observations

The possibility to organize your observations using a new feature called My Folders. You will be able to organize all your images into Projects, and group all your projects into Folders. This will give you a much better way to organize your images as you wish.

Well, I think we have gone in great detail with our “sequenced unboxing” of Telescope Live 2.0.

Before we say goodbye, there is one last thing that I have to tell you and that I always give for granted even though I shouldn’t…

I’m talking about quality assurance.

For us, the most important thing is to offer you the possibility to observe the night skies from both hemispheres in the best possible conditions.

This is the reason why our telescopes and equipment are all scientific-grade and regularly maintained.

But this isn’t enough because, as we know, many issues can still arise during an observation…

Since we know how painful it can be to get your picture “ruined”, we can reassure you that all the images taken go through a quality control carried out by automated algorithms and then verified by our expert staff before we deliver them to you.

If for any reason, the picture taken is compromised, we schedule a new observation until the right photo (or data) comes out like you are expecting it.

In such a way, we can be sure that your observation will be exactly the one you paid for.

That’s our guarantee!

And with that, I really think it’s all for today.

As anticipated, in the next article I’m going to talk to you about how we implemented the learning aspect of Telescope Live 2.0.

How Telescope Live 2.0 Will Be The New Home For Astrophotography

Marco Rocchetto — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 08:12:10 +0000

How Telescope Live 2.0 Will Be The New Home For Astrophotography

Marco Rocchetto Fri, 09/25/2020 - 08:12

A few days ago, I introduced you to the revolution Telescope Live is going through and I also promised you more updates on each specific change we are working on.

For this reason, today I am going to present to you one aspect that we have studied in detail and that have been implemented; I’m talking about the Community Development.

You see, the reason why I want to guide you through the details of this topic first, is the direct consequence of a conversation we had with famous astrophotographer, Adam Block.

Given his experience as a renowned astrophotographer, Adam is one of our most advanced users and we deeply value his opinions and suggestions.

So, when we asked him how to improve our platform, he told us something that we subconsciously knew but that we never fully realized before…

He told us that astrophotographers are people that are often moved and motivated by the need to share with the world their experiences, images and observations, knowledge, techniques, and discoveries.

He told us that “you guys are very generous and that you love to share with the rest of the world our common passion: astrophotography.”

We understood that the community aspect needed an incredible boost.

This led us to include a lot of new features in Telescope Live 2.0. that will allow you to connect to a deeper level with your fellow space-lovers.

But let’s see what we have done in order to achieve this very ambitious objective:

One of the main things we have focused our efforts on is the creation of user profiles. With the release of Telescope Live 2.0, every user will have their own public profile that will be visible to all the other members of our community.

Now you will be able to add personal information about yourself and your astrophotography career and everybody will see your full profile with the achievements you have obtained, such as the pictures you have taken, the articles you have written, and the video tutorials you have posted.

“Wait a minute Marco does this means that I have to write articles and
record tutorials about post-processing pictures?”

Well, this will be entirely up to you…

As I told you a few days ago, we want to offer you the possibility to share with the entire community your observations and, if you want to put out some extra work, we will be more than happy to share your discoveries and research.

In order to explain to you how this system will work, you have to think of it as a ranking system: if you publish a picture you are an astrophotographer; if you publish an article you will become an editor; and, finally, if you record a video tutorial about your post-processing work you will become a tutor.

Your rank will be clearly visible to all the other members and we will share your content on our platform.

This topic of “sharing” leads us to the next big feature connected to the community.

With Telescope Live 2.0. sharing your work with the world will be much, much simpler!

Inside our platform, you will receive likes and comments on your work but you will also have the possibility to share your incredible pictures on social media such as Facebook and Instagram, both on your profiles and on Telescope Live social media (reaching a public of tens of thousands of people).

Talking about social media…

In the past article I’ve anticipated to you that, soon after the release of Telescope Live 2.0., we will open a Facebook group.

We thought that, besides our own platform, we also needed a virtual “living room” where our users (but not only them – more on this topic in a second) will be able to gather in a friendlier way and start conversations together in a more immediate and direct manner.

Since Facebook is the most widely used social media network, it is the one that the majority of our users told us they would prefer and since its group functionality works pretty well, we chose it as our virtual “living room”.

Here we will discuss every aspect and topic connected to astrophotography.

Exactly, you read that well!

The conversations will go beyond remote imaging since we will encourage other subjects such as discussions about astronomical equipment, outreach, general astronomy, or celestial events, and much more.

We will do the same in our blog, where we will expand the conversation with articles dedicated to various different topics, going beyond the matters we currently talk about (which is mainly news about astronomy).
“Why would you do that? Why talking about topics that are not
strongly connected with your own business offer?”
You see, in my previous article I have made a sort of bald statement; I’ve said that Telescope Live is going to be “The New Home For Astrophotography”.

And I really meant it!

We want to be the “go-to place” for:

Answering astrophotography and astronomy questions,
Connecting with fellow space travellers around the globe,
Discover news that will deepen your knowledge about space or about astrophotography
Start your journey in the vast and immense universe
And much more…

For this reason, we thought it was necessary to break down the limits imposed by our business model and to offer to astrophotographers a “place” that is currently missing.

A place that is going to be open to all the astrophotographers and not only to our clients because we strongly believe that it is only with a constant confrontation and exchange that a true community can be built.

A community that is going to share its knowledge and, for this reason, will only increase the competences of each person participating in the discussion.

I would say that we have covered enough topics for today.

I really hope that this whole new project may thrill you as much as I am to share it with you!

[UPDATE #9] Meet two of TL’s most trusted voices - and their telescopes

Marco Rocchetto — Fri, 09 May 2025 11:47:28 +0000

[UPDATE #9] Meet two of TL’s most trusted voices - and their telescopes

Marco Rocchetto Fri, 05/09/2025 - 11:47

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Hello, everyone!

As we edge closer to the public launch of Telescope Live 4, development is moving steadily through its final phase.

The migration to our live environment is nearly complete, and we’re preparing to enter the Release Candidate stage - a final round of testing with a smaller group of users before we open the doors to everyone.

But while the platform is being polished behind the scenes, something else is already taking shape: the Telescope Live Partner Network.

And today, we’re introducing two new names that many of you will already know.

Two Trusted Educators, Now Behind the Telescopes

For years, Nik Szymanek and Peter Jenkins have been key contributors to the Telescope Live community and to the astrophotography world.

They’ve recorded countless tutorials, created some of our most appreciated educational content, and helped thousands of users sharpen their skills - both on and off the platform.

Now, they’re stepping into a new role: becoming Telescope Live Partners and contributing their own datasets to the growing TL4 archive.

Meet Nik Szymanek

Nik is a name well known in the astrophotography world. He’s been imaging since the 1990s and was among the early adopters of CCD cameras, becoming a reference point for deep-sky imaging across Europe.

To overcome the challenges of UK weather and light pollution, Nik - together with fellow imager Ian King - established a remote observatory at IC Astronomy in southern Spain. The site offers Bortle 1–2 skies, high elevation, and a high number of clear nights per year - perfect conditions for deep-sky astrophotography.

Nik’s current imaging system is a versatile wide-field setup that’s ideal for colorful nebulae and large-scale structures:

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106
Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro
Filters: LRGB + SHO
Mount: Paramount MX
Location: Oria, Spain

Meet Peter Jenkins

Peter is a veteran astrophotographer with a strong background in both imaging and outreach. He began photographing the night sky over a decade ago and has since earned a NASA APOD, been shortlisted for the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year, and published images and reviews in BBC Sky at Night, Astronomy Now, and Sky & Telescope.

He’s also been a featured speaker at conferences including the Advanced Imaging Conference in San Jose, and has delivered dozens of tutorials and lectures both in the UK and abroad.

Peter’s imaging setup combines speed, field of view, and precision, making it an ideal choice for users who enjoy crisp, well-calibrated datasets that are easy to work with right out of the gate:

Telescope: Officina Stellare RH200
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Filters: LRGB + HSO
Mount: Pegasus NYX 101
Location: Nottinghamshire, UK

How these Partners will contribute to the TL Archive

Nik’s setup is perfectly tuned for colorful, wide-field deep-sky targets - captured under premium skies and processed with an expert’s eye.

Peter’s configuration is built for sharp, fast acquisition and precision - ideal for users looking to process broadband and narrowband datasets with depth and clarity.

And because both of them have already helped shape TL’s educational library, you’ll not only be able to process their datasets, but you’ll know how to get the most out of them.

Next week, we’ll spotlight two more Partner Network contributors.

Until then, stay tuned and as always, thank you for being part of this incredible community.

Clear skies