![]() ![]() OnStep is designed to be simple, low cost and buildable from off the shelf parts. These use proprietary controllers, though, and are generally expensive. Smart telescopes are not new: we’ve seen telescopes like the Meade LX90 that include smart controllers that can, with varying degrees of success, use GPS signals to figure out the time, the location and which way to point to see Uranus. Want to take a look at M31? Use an app on a PC or smartphone, select the object and the OnStep will pan and tilt your telescope until the Andromeda Galaxy pops into view. This project might help: OnStep is an open-source telescope controller, a device that controls a telescope to point at something interesting in the sky. In times like these, we all need to look beyond ourselves.
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