LightBuckets

LightBuckets is a commercial astronomical observatory formerly located in Rodeo, New Mexico and now located in France, which rents time on its telescopes to customers around the world via a website on the Internet, including amateur and professional astronomers.

[5] LightBuckets was founded in 2007 by Steve Cullen, a former software executive, and the observatories became active on June 12, 2008.

It is more similar to Slooh, which also allows live-views from telescopes located in places such as Chile and Spain.

[2] LightBuckets went through an ownership transition in 2011,[citation needed] resulting in a turn-over in what instruments and sites were available.

[4] LightBuckets also offers a wide-field observatory (LB-0002) in Rodeo, NM which includes a 0.2 m (8") AstroSysteme Austria N8 Newtonian Astrograph.

The dwarf planet Eris on a 24-inch (61 cm) aperture LightBuckets telescope
Orcus as imaged by a LightBuckets telescope
Asteroid 17 Thetis imaged, the light in center also from a LB telescope