One morning I was found on my balcony, nearly dead, with a frozen head, after I fell asleep with -17 degrees Celsius and stayed as still as possible (to avoid vibrations) for a total of about 13 hours straight, guarding my USB connected telescope. I took an amazing shot that night, but I thought: "this is not good", something definitely needed to be done! So I started connecting and automating everything I had, making sure I could control my astrophotography sessions from the warmth of my living room. This is how my astro-automation passion was born. I can hardly imagine myself using a non-automated, non-remote controllable telescope at the moment.

The outcome of my network tests and research was the GL.iNet Slate series...

Astroberry is a full flavor remote desktop system, designed for astrophoptography on a Raspberry Pi. The system can be accessed via a web browser or VNC client from any location in the world! It sits at your telescope, wherever it is, and lets you remotely control all your astronomy equipment from behind your desk, using recognized astronomy software such as KStars, Skychart/Cartes du Ciel or Stellarium. You can slew your telescope by simply clicking on a skymap, change focus, capture images, plate solve images and much more!