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AI-assisted OnStep customization with wireless control in LUNA update
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 by Trey Abbe
A new LUNA update is giving OnStep users and observatory automation builders another reason to pay attention. OnStep is powerful because it is flexible. That is also what can make it intimidating. Anyone who has spent time working through mount settings, firmware behavior, wiring, serial commands...
MLAstro Hub mobile app launches on iOS
Wednesday, June 3, 2026 by Ben Conway
Clear nights are hard enough to come by. The last thing most imagers want is to spend that time fighting mount-control software. By the time a mount is leveled, balanced, powered, connected, polar aligned, and ready to slew, a confusing control page can feel like one more thing standing between t...
iPhone plate solving app AstroHelm launches
Monday, May 11, 2026 by Austin Harris
Astronomical plate solving is a process used in astrophotography and telescope control to determine exactly where a telescope or camera is pointed in the night sky. Traditionally, this requires specialized software that takes an image from an astronomy camera, analyzes the pattern of stars in tha...
Using Claude to Control A Telescope Via ESP32
Friday, April 24, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
A new firmware called LUNA is now available, bringing natural language telescope control to affordable ESP32 boards. LUNA serves as a bridge between Claude AI and a wide range of astronomy mounts and software, using the Model Context Protocol to exchange structured commands and data. The result is a...