Library program competes in NASA deep space photo challenge

Until July 31, Haines residents can use their computers and cellphones to control NASA telescopes and take their own photographs of deep space in a national astrophotography competition called the MicroObservatory Challenge.

Into the darkest part of the night sky, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists point multi-billion-dollar-telescopes to capture images of galaxies, nebulae, and solar systems across the universe.

The same NASA grant to the Haines Borough Public Library that previously allowed residents…