LightBuckets Closing Down

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Gary
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LightBuckets Closing Down

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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Yup and he's selling all his stuff. Apparently the founder was hired to help head a multi-billion $$$ Silicon Valley company (wonder which one.. as he was ex-Symantec).
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Pity...it was a brilliant idea that worked. Guess if something like that falls onto your lap...and when you have family commitments, etc etc, it is hard to refuse. But it did show that coupled with technology today, some know how, and a Dream....anything is possible. From his point...I guess he did live a dream that worked out well in the end.
My wife never complained about how much time, effort & money I spent on my Astronomy hobby!................suddenly I met her!!!
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Never really used Lightbucket seriously as their rates were too high for me. I still stick with RASO.
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