How it works

Astroberry OS is a a free and open-source operating system for controlling astronomy equipment. Primarily designed for Raspberry Pi, however it can support other devices too. With Astroberry OS you can remotely control a telescope, a focuser, a camera or the entire observatory, wherever it is located - in your backyard or hundreds kilometers away. Your equipment is connected to a Raspberry Pi or other device powered by Astroberry OS, and is accessible with a web browser, via a wireless hotspot, local network or the Internet.

Features

Astroberry OS provides integrated desktop experience, which offers system access via a web interface, with just a web browser. This enables users to run the system in a headless mode (no physical screen and keyboard) and access it remotely just like a local machine.

  • Built on top of official Raspberry Pi OS for arm64 or Debian for amd64/x86_64
  • Supports 64-bit Raspberry Pi 4 & 5 and mini PCs
  • Wireless Hotspot for accessing the system in the field
  • XFCE Desktop Environment
  • New generation Astroberry OS web interface with integrated secure shell
  • Virtual desktop accessible via web interface or VNC
  • INDI framework with official device drivers
  • Guide Star Catalog (GSC) for simulating star fields
  • Astrometry for field solving
  • KStars planetarium software
  • PHD2 for autoguiding
  • PHD Log Viewer for inspecting guiding performance
  • StellarSolver for field solving
  • ASTAP for field solving
  • Gnome Predict for satellite tracking
  • FireCapture for planetary imaging
  • SER Player for viewing captured planetary video
  • AstroDMX capture software
  • CCDciel capture software
  • Siril for DSO image processing

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