AstroEquip V2 BUILD
Rebuild in progress
We are moving to a new home

AstroEquip is being rebuilt from the ground up.

The old store is coming down while we finish a new site built for planning, testing and sharing imaging rigs. Check back soon.

Telescope Simulator
Rosette NebulaFOV 1.92° × 1.28°
700 mm
Focal700 mm
Aperture140 mm
F-ratiof/5.0
Sensor23.5 × 15.7
Sampling1.11″/px
QualityExcellent

What the new site brings

A preview, not the full list

Rig Planner

The gear finder grows into a full planner. Pick a target and a budget, and it checks every part of the train for fit, back focus and sampling.

Simple · Pro · Observatory

Simulator with Moon and planet modes

Frame deep sky objects on real survey images, then switch to the Moon or any planet to see how big it lands on your sensor tonight.

Deep sky · Moon · Planets

Node view

Build your imaging train as connected nodes, from telescope to camera, and see where spacers or adapters are missing before you buy.

M48 · M42 · T2 · 55 mm back focus

Plate solving in the browser

Drop in a frame and AstroEquip works out exactly where in the sky it points, measures your real field of view and names any asteroids caught in it.

RA / Dec · pixel scale · rotation

A community forum

A feed of astrophotos from people who share their gear. Every post shows the rig behind it, and you can load that rig into your own planner in one click.

Feed · topics · gear lockers

Your sky, your devices

Set your site once on the Bortle map and every tool uses it. Sign in and your gear and setups follow you between phone and desktop.

Bortle 1 to 9 · sync across devices