https://github.com/n3rdium/astropi

A DIY astronomy camera made with a raspberry pi 5 and the PiCamera v3!
https://github.com/n3rdium/astropi

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A DIY astronomy camera made with a raspberry pi 5 and the PiCamera v3!

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/n3rdium/astropi
• Owner: N3RDIUM
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-03-16T10:15:24.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-02T08:39:35.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-29T00:23:16.521Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: astronomy, astrophotography, raspberry-pi-3, raspberry-pi-camera
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 881 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md

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AstroPi


A DIY astronomy camera made with a raspberry pi 5 and the HQ Camera! This project is in its pre beta stage. 


If you're the DIY kind of amateur astronomer, I know you'd rather make your own astrophotography camera than buy one. This project is for you! This project is a DIY astrophotography camera made with a raspberry pi 5 and the HQ Camera. This project is in its pre beta stage.

## Overview

This project has been tested on a Raspberry Pi 5 and HQ Camera. It is not guaranteed to work on other versions of the Pi or the PiCamera. Testing on other versions of the Pi and PiCamera is welcome.

## Demo

Coming soon!

## Features

- [x] Control the camera remotely

- [x] Live preview via a web browser widget

- [x] Manual focus, Gain, and exposure control

- [ ] Monitor the temperature of the camera

## Materials

- Raspberry Pi 5

- HQ Camera

- Raspberry Pi 5 case (with fan slot)

- An extra fan (for cooling the camera)

- A laptop or desktop computer

- Loooooong Ethernet cable

## Build your AstroPi

Please follow the instructions in my blog post [here](astropi.n3rdium.dev/setup) to set up your AstroPi.

## Usage

I've made a light application to control your AstroPi. It runs on the Raspberry Pi 5 as a Flask server, and you can access it from any machine. The images are auto-downloaded by the website on the client-side, after which they can be deleted from the internal storage.

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) before contributing.

# TODO

## NON-CODE

- [ ] Write the installation instructions

- [ ] Write the usage instructions

- [ ] Write the contributing guidelines

- [ ] Create a demo video

- [ ] Create some sample images

##  CODE

- [ ] Create a startup script for the raspberry pi which runs git pull and starts the server

- [x] Add nav to the homepage route

- [ ] Custom image filenames

- [ ] Astrometry

- [ ] Two-way settings sync between the pi and the client