Control Your Telescope Using Stellarium & Arduino

Control Your Telescope Using Stellarium & Arduino

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Instructions for building this tool at . The anticipated cost of materials to build this tool is $21 - $50. It may take Dedicated effort.

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About this tool
Description

Control a simple and basic telescope (with no electronics) using stellarium. It's a very useful tool used to convert any telescope into a push-to telescope, keeping it with a very low budget.


Accuracy is compared to a comercial expensive solution.
Used by these projects Target Asteroids!, Citizen CATE Experiment
Ideal Age Group Elementary school (6 - 10 years), Middle school (11 - 13 years), High school (14 - 17 years), College, Graduate students, Adults, Families, Seniors
(Stellarium and Arduino basic knowledge is required.)
Training In-person training is available.
Learning materials are available online.
Size & weight Medium: This tool would fit in a 12 inch cube.
Between 13oz and 1lb (4 sticks of butter weigh about 1lb)
Expected lifetime Should last more or less forever
Topics Computers & Technology, Astronomy & Space
Activities At home, At school, At night
Tool updated June 25, 2017, 12:31 p.m.