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He hosts a thousand telescopes for strangers worldwide
You ship him your telescope. He points it at the universe for you.
A 40-acre ranch near Rockwood, Texas, about 80 miles east of San Angelo, now houses nearly a thousand telescopes belonging to strangers. The site is run by Bray Falls, a young astrophotographer known for deep-sky imaging and for discovering new nebulae structures. Stargazers from around the world ship him their gear. He mounts each scope on a concrete pier, aligns it to the celestial pole, and hands control back to the owner, who can then aim it from a laptop thousands of miles away for between $99 and $149 a month. The land sits in a Bortle 1 zone, the darkest rating there is, free of light pollution. A dozen metal buildings called Starfront Observatories store the equipment, roofs closed during the day. At night the roofs roll back. Somewhere far off, a person who has never seen this field opens their computer and looks at a galaxy.