AstroDeck

Open source astrophotography

Give your imaging night a plan.

Choose your targets, set the sequence and follow each exposure from a browser. AstroDeck brings planning, capture and the night's progress into one place.

Try the simulatorExplore Flows

Open source under Apache-2.0

AstroDeck / Astro FlowsSimulator
AstroDeck Flows mosaic editor with simulator equipment in red night mode.
Fig. 01 A mosaic plan in Flows, shown with a simulator rig in red night mode.

Your existing setup

Start with the rig you have.

Choose how AstroDeck fits your night.

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Alongside NINA

Connect through NINA's Advanced API plugin. NINA keeps the equipment connection while AstroDeck adds a browser interface, Flows and session progress.

Connect NINA
02

Alongside ASIAIR

Use AstroDeck's atlas and weather tools to plan a night while ASIAIR runs the rig. Keep capture and guiding in the ASIAIR app.

Read the ASIAIR options
03

On its own

Connect supported native drivers, ASCOM Alpaca devices or Windows ASCOM drivers. AstroDeck can handle capture, focus, guiding and the sequence.

Check your hardware

At the scope or indoors

Keep track of what the night has earned.

Watch frame progress and guiding, then review the images that counted. Multi-night sessions retain accepted frames so you can return to an unfinished target.

AstroDeck / At the scope or indoorsSimulator
AstroDeck Monitor after a single simulated exposure, with no sequence running.
Fig. 02 Monitor after a single simulated exposure. No sequence is running, and weather monitoring is off.

Frame the target

Use survey imagery and your field of view to compose a target or lay out a mosaic.

Explore planning

Follow the conditions

Compare the forecast with frame-based cloud detection. Satellite cloud estimates are available within the GOES footprint.

Understand the weather tools

Return to the session

Review accepted and rejected frames, adjust a grade and continue the work across nights.

See session tools

Astro Flows

See the whole night before you start.

Connect targets to focus, guiding and capture steps. Add a cloud hold or an end-of-night park, then check the plan before you run it.

  1. TargetChoose and frame
  2. FocusCheck the stars
  3. GuideSettle tracking
  4. CaptureGather frames
  5. ParkFinish the night
Build a flow

No hardware required

Meet AstroDeck on a simulated rig.

Connect the simulator, take an exposure and try a short flow before you use real equipment.

Start with the simulator
WindowsOrange Pi
AstroDeck Equipment screen with a simulator rig on a phone-sized viewport.
Fig. 03
Equipment connections in the browser. Shown with a simulator rig.

Read the code. Check the fit.

AstroDeck is under active development. Check the hardware notes and release assets for the path you plan to use.

Review releases