iAstroDroid

Automated astrophotography on Android

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Last Update: 2013-05-14

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iAstroDroid is a world first solution for controlling the autoguider, CCD, DSLR, and mount for astrophotography on Android devices. iAstroDroid run on a parallel OS (Chroot) on an Android device. A user can control all devices via a web browser on Android.

Requirements and supported devices.
1. Autoguider: QHY5 or QHY6
2. CCD: QHY8L
3. DSLR: Canon or Nikon DSLR
4. USB serial adapter (FTDI232) for controlling a DSLR camera shutter and a serial shutter cable
http://www.beskeen.com/projects/dslr_serial/dslr_serial.shtml
5. USB serial adapter (FTDI232) for controlling a mount via a serial port
6. Power USB hub: I have used Belkin Ultra Slim Hub (4 ports and 7 ports)
7. Android device (rooted, with usb host, and with kernel supporting usb charging and FTDI driver).

Features

control QHY5 or QHY6 for autoguiding using modified Linguider (developed by Andrew Stepanenko)
control QHY8L for imaging using modified CCD program (developed by Andrew Stepanenko)
control a DSLR camera
perform blind plate-solving using the standalone engine from astrometry.net
re-align mount based on the position from plate solving
show skychart (Cartes du Ciel)
slew to the selected object
fully control the mount from Skysafari (connect to 127.0.0.1:3300)
live-view a Canon or Nikon DSLR from DslrDashboard

Project Samples

Autoguiding by QHY6 from Nexus 7

Interface on a browser

Setting on SkySafari to control the mount connected via USB

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