Control your
OWN
telescope using the
MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network
NASA's space science researchers control some of the world's most sophisticated space probes and orbiting telescopes to get amazing images of objects in space. Now YOU can join them by operating your OWN ground-based "MicroObservatories" — real robotic telescopes that you command through this website!
Top panel: Students controlling MicroObservatory Telescope;
a MicroObservatory telescope in Arizona;
image taken with MicroObservatory telescope.
Bottom panel: Scientists controlling Hubble Telescope,
the Hubble Telescope in orbit around Earth,
image taken with Hubble telescope
NASA's Astrophoto Challenges
Process NASA images or capture your own!
The Winter 2025 Challenge features the Andromeda and
Cartwheel galaxies.
Transit of Mercury
Make animations in JS9-4L of Mercury's 2016 and 2019 transit of the Sun. Its next transit isn't until 2032!
Astro Chats
Explore the world of astronomy through a series of hangouts with experts from the Center for Astrophysics
Recent Image Directory
The Image Directory lists all MicroObservatory images taken over the last 30 days, plus an archive of past interesting images.
YouthAstroNet
Join the YouthAstroNet community of students and educators using our MicroObservatory Robotic Telescope Network.
Past Astrophoto Challenges
Want to work with past Astrophoto Challenges? You still can!
Find past NASA data in the
Challenges Archive.
