Smart Radio Telescope

Smart Radio Telescope is the mobile client for a self-built satellite-dish radio

telescope with a motorised Azimuth / Elevation / Polarization mount. It

connects over your local WiFi to the telescope's Raspberry Pi controller and

turns a phone into its control station.

SKY VIEW AND RADIO MAPS

* All-sky dome with stars, constellations and the dish's current pointing

* Radio sky overlays from the Haslam 408 MHz and HI4PI hydrogen-line surveys,

so you can see where the sky is bright at radio wavelengths

* Object catalogue with the Sun, the Moon and radio targets such as Cas A,

Cygnus X, W51, IC 443, M31 and 3C 273, each with a short description and

its rise and set times

* Tap a star or object to point the dish at it

RASTER SCANS

* Drag a rectangle on the sky to map it

* Choose the sweep axis, the pattern, the speed and the number of rows

* Watch the map fill in as a live heatmap while the dish sweeps

* Share the finished scan as an image

SOURCE TRACKING

* Eight bright radio sources ready to observe: Cas A, Cyg A, Tau A, Vir A,

Cen A, Sgr A*, Orion A and Fornax A

* Shows which of them rise high enough at your site

* One tap starts tracking; the mount follows the source across the sky

MOUNT CONTROL

* Big STOP button, homing of all axes or one at a time, wake and sleep

* Go to horizontal (Az/El/Pol) or equatorial (RA/Dec) coordinates, or track