"The researchers who found Dragonfly 44 weren't looking for a dark galaxy. Another surprise: They found it using a telescope built of camera parts. The Dragonfly Telephoto Array was built by a group of astronomers at Yale University and the University of Toronto who realized that telephoto lenses — so often used for nature photography and sporting events — were well-suited for spotting the kind of large, dim objects that pose problems for typical telescopes."

I like it, reminds me of the discovery of the Cosmic background radiation by Penzias and Wilson with the Holmdel Horn Antenna. Accept this time nobody had to shovel bird shit :-)