smart telescope
2 stories filed under smart telescope on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “Draco the smart telescope wakes itself up to shoot stars while you sleep” and “This tiny $400 telescope squeezes the cosmos onto your nightstand”. About 4,500 years ago, while the Egyptians were busy stacking pyramids, the North Star was a completely different star called Thuban. A $400 telescope that promises to put the cosmos on your nightstand. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every smart telescope story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
Draco the smart telescope wakes itself up to shoot stars while you sleep
About 4,500 years ago, while the Egyptians were busy stacking pyramids, the North Star was a completely different star called Thuban. It sat in the same spot in the sky, but the Earth's slow wobble swapped it out. Draco the smart telescope understands that kind of patience. It wakes itself up while you sleep, shoots the night sky automatically, and hands you the results in the morning. A 90mm aperture and a brain that decides when conditions are right. No standing in the cold, no fiddling with focus. This is a telescope that does the stargazing for you. It is deeply nerdy in the best way, a gadget for people who want the photo without the process.
This tiny $400 telescope squeezes the cosmos onto your nightstand
A $400 telescope that promises to put the cosmos on your nightstand. That's the pitch, and I'm already poking at the seams. It's a smart telescope, meaning it does the heavy lifting, tracking, stacking images, compensating for light pollution, so you don't need a degree in astrophotography or a backyard observatory. The question is whether it actually delivers a view, or just a filtered TikTok of the sky. I like the ambition: making the universe feel intimate, not intimidating. But I want to know how it handles a suburban rooftop or a cloudy Tuesday. For another look at cleverly compact designs, check our piece on the car-topped pop-up that unfurls into an off-grid A-frame. This telescope is small, sharp, and weird enough to earn a second look, if it proves it can see.