Do you use a telescope and then take images, then run it in your computer?

Question: Do you use a telescope and then take images, then run it in your computer?
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Asked by anon-289195 to Rowan on 11 Mar 2021.
- Rowan Smith answered on 11 Mar 2021:
  
  Hi Yuna. Few astronomers “look” through telescopes these days, we usually record the images and then analyse them on our computers. Some telescopes such a ALMA are actually lots of smaller telescopes combined together. For these we need computers just to see what the image looks like!

anon-289195 commented on 12 Mar 2021:

Thankyou miss rowan! I’m glad you answered my question

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Question: Do you use a telescope and then take images, then run it in your computer?