About this site
Astronube exists because the first few sessions with a smart telescope should not require a degree in patience.
I’m Paul. I image from rural Wicklow, Ireland — Bortle 3–4 on a clear night, which is a genuine privilege and one of the few advantages of living somewhere the bus comes twice a day. I’ve had a camera in my hand the best part of forty years. I still managed to waste my first few sessions with a smart telescope on settings I didn’t understand and targets that were already well below the horizon before I’d finished reading about them.
The information existed. It was just scattered across six forums, two Discord servers, a Reddit thread from 2022, and a YouTube video where the useful bit starts at 34 minutes. I built this so it doesn’t have to be like that.
My day-job background is in compliance and data security — not astrophysics — which means I tend to approach things from a “what does a normal person actually need to know” angle rather than a “let me explain the physics” one. The tools here are practical. They solve specific problems I kept running into, or that people in the community kept asking about. Nothing is here for the sake of it.
The site targets smart-telescope users — Dwarf, Seestar, Stellina, Vespera, and their kind — particularly people who are new to the hobby and finding the learning curve steeper than the marketing suggested. If you’ve been imaging for years and have your workflow dialled in, you probably don’t need much of this. If you’re still trying to figure out why your stack looks like a smeared fingerprint, pull up a chair.
Astronube is operated through Data Vision, my IT consultancy. The site is free and account-free for browsing; you only need an account if you want to log sessions or submit settings to the community page. No analytics, no marketing pixels, no third-party trackers — the full breakdown is on the privacy page.
Independence. Astronube is an independent community resource. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dwarflab, ZWO, Celestron, Unistellar, Vaonis, or any other manufacturer named on the site. All product names and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners. Opinions, recommendations, and editorial content are entirely independent of any manufacturer or retailer; the affiliate disclosure covers the commercial side of that.