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Starloch

Remote Astrophotography Platform · Personal project ยท Live

Starloch is a platform for planning and sharing remote astrophotography sessions. Members build imaging plans, watch live weather and roof-status telemetry streamed from the observatory, and share their results in a built-in community. The physical telescope lives at a remote dark-sky site and connects back to the platform securely over a private network.

Highlights

  • PHP application front end with Node.js microservices for authentication and community
  • MySQL data layer with live telemetry from the physical observatory
  • Real-time weather / roof-status integration over a private VPN to the remote site
  • Member community: accounts, image sharing, and imaging dashboards

Built with

PHP Node.js MySQL Real-time Hardware Integration
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