Astra (Automated Survey observaTory Robotised with Alpaca) is an open-source observatory control software for automating and managing robotic observatories. It integrates seamlessly with ASCOM Alpaca for hardware control.
- Fully Robotic — Schedule once, observe automatically with error and bad weather handling
- ASCOM Alpaca — Compatible with your existing ASCOM equipment
- Cross-Platform — Python based, runs on Windows, Linux, macOS
- Web Interface — Manage your observatory from any browser, use cloudflared or similar to access outside your network
- Comprehensive Docs — Setup, usage, and module reference
Observatory overview |
System logs |
Weather monitoring |
Controls tab |
Contributions are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md or the contributing guide.
Released under the GNU GPL v3.
If you use Astra in published research, please cite it as:
@software{Pedersen_Astra,
author = {Pedersen, Peter P. and Degen, David and Garcia, Lionel and Zúñiga-Fernández, Sebastián and Sebastian, Daniel and Schroffenegger, Urs and Queloz, Didier},
license = {GPL-3.0},
title = {{Astra}},
url = {https://github.com/ppp-one/astra}
}
