Astra: An open-source observatory control software

Published: (March 6, 2026 at 11:14 AM EST)
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Astra (Automated Survey observaTory Robotised with Alpaca) is an open-source observatory control software for automating and managing robotic observatories. It integrates seamlessly with ASCOM Alpaca for hardware control.

@software{Pedersen_Astra,
  author = {Pedersen, Peter P. and Degen, David and Garcia, Lionel and Zúñiga-Fernández, Sebastián and Sebastian, Daniel and Schroffenegger, Urs and Queloz, Didier},
  license = {GPL-3.0},
  title = {{Astra}},
  url = {https://github.com/ppp-one/astra}
}
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