Hardware upgrades at OpenScience Observatory in Tenerife

A man holds a camera up, preparing to take a photograph outdoors.

The OpenScience Observatory’s Tenerife facilities finally received their long-awaited hardware upgrade, one year late due to COVID travel restrictions. PIRATE is now sporting a 24-inch astrograph, while its 17-inch predecessor has moved to COAST where it replaced the smaller 14-inch telescope.

Commissioning is well advanced, all systems are operational, and first deep-sky images by Sam Jackson will whet the appetite of telescope.org and OpenLearn users. For more information go to @PirateOU on Twitter.

A vibrant nebula fills the image, showcasing swirling colors and cosmic dust in a stunning celestial display