Excellent project entering my selection (totally not objective / imho) of BEST WWW OBJECTS.
copy/paste from the official website :
"For the Ultrascope project we asked ourselves if it was possible to develop a kit-set telescope that would reduce the cost of pro-level astronomy by an order of magnitude.
In other words, a robot telescope - or ARO - Automated Robotic Observatory, that would allow amateur astronomers to contribute to citizen science projects for a radically reduced cost. We're still refining the performance of our first EXPLORER SERIES ULTRASCOPE - a 3.5 Inch mirror ARO that is able to conduct celestial photography and photometry.
We are currently looking for Beta Testers around the world to test the current scope design and suggest improvements. "
