Unlike other solutions, StellarMate enables you to control and manage everything from one interface.

While StellarMate supports integration with external tools, no 3rd party plugins or tools are required by default. All aspects of your data acquisition, including planning, astrometry, autoguide, and autofocus are all performed within StellarMate.

Control your gear with mobile (Android, iOS), desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux), or web-based tools to fit your needs.

Enjoy one of the most powerful image acquisition capabilities available today.

You can simply capture a preview, frame an image, record video, or enjoy live-stacking in action.

For more complex requirements, the highly-configurable Sequence Queue supports batch capture of images with filter wheel and rotator support. The images can be stored remotely on StellarMate, or downloaded to your computer, or both.

Flat field captures can be automated with the Calibration Assistant. Simply select the desired ADU and let Ekos manage the rest! When crossing over the meridian, you can enable the Capture module to perform a completely automated Meridian Flip, including astrometry, autoguide, and field rotation.

Get pin-point stars with the Focus module. Using Half-Flux-Radius (HFR) calculations, StellarMate can automatically pick a focus star, subframe it to reduce download times, and adjust focus to get you as close as possible to the Critical Focus Zone.

Use Framing to inspect your images to make any necessary adjustments. If desired, lock the focus process to utilize a specific filter wheel. Set different focus offsets or use the built-in assistant.

Leverage the power of the Ekos Aberration Inspector to correct for back-focus errors and sensor tilts. Enable In-Sequence focusing to ensure you always get sharp images during the night regardless of temperature or telescope position.

Use the built-in Internal guider to lock onto a star during the imaging session for sharp long-exposure astrophotography images.

You can toggle directional control per axis, and adjust proportional gain to fine-tune guiding performance. Multi-star guiding ensures better correction pulses to keep the guiding RMS to a minimum.

If desired, you may opt to select PHD2 as the external guiding applications. You can monitor guiding performance and export it to a PHDLogViewer for advanced analysis. Guiding pulses can be sent either via an ST4 interface, or directly to the mount if supported.

Command your mount either directly from the sky map, or via the simple Quick Mount Controls. Search for objects, monitor your mount position, and toggle Parking & Tracking with a single tap.

Wired and Wireless joysticks are also supported. Simply plug your joystick and map the axis and buttons to various mount controls.

Let StellarMate capture your data while away or asleep. It covers the whole spectrum from cold startup of the observatory, target evaluation and data acquisition, to safe and secure shutdown in case of unfavorable weather conditions. Select your target, sequence file, fill in the necessary conditions and constraints and then start the scheduler.

It is smart enough to sleep and wake up later when the target is within observational limits. Using the Mosaic Wizard, you can plan and create majestic mosaic panoramas that are spread over multiple grids.

The scheduler can open your dome, slew to the target, and perform autofocus, autoguide, and image acquisition in a completely robotic fashion without human intervention. Secure remote observatory operations are of critical importance and hence, a WatchDog driver can be activated to perform a graceful shutdown of the observatory in case of communication loss.

Find new targets using the Observation Planner in Ekos or Targets tab in the mobile App. Tap a target to trigger the Framing Assistant tool that helps you to achieve the exact desired orientation for your frame.

Add objects to your Favorites or create your own deep sky lists. Command mount to slew to any target or schedule it with a single tap!