Taken through a telescope at the VEGA Sternwarte observatory in Austria
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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That's really cool! Are you an astronomer? Or if not, how do you get telescope access?
Nope, not an astronomer. There are actually public tours at the observatory but I was invited to a private event from one of the people who run the observatory/tours.