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Real-Time Broadcasts of Astronomical Measurements?

-- | May 15, 2012

Question: My co-worker and I were discussing why the public can’t see what astronomers see through telescopes in real-time. Do telescopes have the capability of recording what is being observed? If not, why not? We would like to go online to see what astronomers are observing at night. — William

Answer: There are some astronomical measurements of space weather and the Sun that are broadcast over the internet live. I list the ones I know about below. I would be happy to update this list with additional links to real-time astronomical images as they are brought to my attention:

NOAA Space Weather
Sun

Jeff Mangum

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