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Every Lunatico product was built to solve a specific problem astronomers kept running into. Find yours below.

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Automate Your Observatory — from cloud sensor to closed loop

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Cloud Detection & Sky Quality

Knowing whether the sky is truly clear — or deceptively thin — is the difference between a productive night and damaged equipment. Our cloud and sky sensors give you real data to make that call automatically.

  • Infrared cloud detection — not just rain or humidity
  • Hardware safety relay for automatic roof closure
  • Sky quality (MPSAS) for bortle tracking and site comparison
  • Works with every major observatory automation platform
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Observatory Control

Opening and closing a roof or dome is only the beginning. Full observatory control means sequencing everything — roof, mount, safety interlocks, power, dew heaters — from a single device, remotely, automatically.

  • Roll-off roof and dome control with safety interlocks
  • Mount park detection before roof closes
  • Multi-user and shared observatory management
  • Integration with ASCOM, INDI, and automation software
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Observatory Monitoring

When the internet connection drops, the PC crashes, or an automation sequence goes wrong, you need a last line of defence that operates independently of everything else. These products protect your equipment when everything else has failed.

  • Operates independently of the observatory PC
  • Hardware-level emergency roof closure
  • Push alerts even when your software is offline
  • Monitors mount park state, power, and sensor inputs
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Dew Heater Control

Dew on your primary mirror, corrector plate, or eyepiece ends a session immediately. Dew heaters that run at full power all night drain your battery and introduce unwanted thermal currents in the optical path. Intelligent dew control runs at exactly the power needed.

  • Automatic power regulation based on humidity and temperature
  • Multiple channels for primary, secondary, finder, eyepiece
  • DC and AC power options
  • ASCOM and INDI compatible
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Focuser & Rotator Controllers

Precise electronic focus control eliminates thermal drift across a session and enables fully automated focusing runs. Rotator control keeps your framing consistent through meridian flips. Our controllers are compatible with virtually every stepper and DC motor focuser on the market.

  • Stepper and DC motor support
  • Temperature compensation for thermal drift
  • Rotator control for framing consistency
  • ASCOM, INDI, FTDI and direct connection options
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Autonomous Focus Controller

An autonomous focus controller runs focusing sequences without any PC connected to the telescope. It monitors temperature, triggers a focus run when conditions change, and keeps your image sharp through the night — even in a completely headless, unattended setup.

  • Fully autonomous operation — no PC required on site
  • Temperature-triggered focus compensation
  • Compatible with Bahtinov, V-curve, and half-flux methods
  • Remote access via Wi-Fi or Ethernet
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Telescope Mounting

Dual-telescope setups that share a single mount need a way to balance the optical train and keep both scopes independently adjustable. The DuoScope system provides a rigid, adaptable mounting solution for paired imaging and guiding setups.

  • Supports two telescopes on a single mount
  • Independent adjustment for each tube
  • Rigid dovetail system — no flex during slews
  • Compatible with standard saddles and dovetail bars