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Prepare to be amazed: Discover hundreds of objects never seen before in a compact telescope. Our proprietary light amplification technology even allows you to watch the universe from downtown.
Hassle free: Find and focus on objects of the nightsky easily thanks to our Autonomous Field Detection technology.
Citizen science: In partnership with the SETI Institute, join worldwide observing campaigns while you use your eVscope to witness striking events, such as supernovae and comets.
Many of us are curious to observe the mysteries of the universe...
...Unfortunately most objects are too faint to be seen in a normal telescope
Unistellar's eVscope
As Seen Through the eVscope
M51 "Whirlpool Galaxy", M27 "Dumbbell Nebula" and M42 "Orion Nebula"
What People are Saying About the eVscope
Awards & Recognition
So How Does This work ?
Unistellar’s Enhanced Vision is a patent-pending technology that is based on the accumulation of light over short periods of time using a low light sensor, as well as on our proprietary algorithms of image processing that run on an on-board calculation module.
The resulting amplified image is projected at infinite focus into the eye of the observer with an extremely high contrast ratio, creating a genuine and live experience of sky observation. Sensor settings and image processing parameters are automatically adjusted.
Autonomous Field Detection for a Smart Turn-key Telescope
The Autonomous Field Detection (AFD) software is a patent-pending high accuracy sky recognition and telescope orientation technology. It automatically detects stars in the field of view and identifies its pointing direction by a comparison with its internal map of millions of stars.
Coupled with magneto-accelerometers and with a motorized mount, AFD allows the eVscope to automatically align with celestial coordinates and accurately pinpoint and identify any object in the sky. Anytime, users can get contextual information on the pointed objects on their smartphone.
In Partnership with SETI Institute – eVscope Connects You to the Scientific Community
Campaign mode is developed in partnership with SETI Institute to allow every eVscope user to become a citizen scientist. In the case of an upcoming transient event (asteroid flyby, supernova, comets, transits of satellites,…), you will receive an observation request from scientists directly on your smartphone. Coordinates and instructions are wirelessly transferred to the eVscope, which will automatically point the astronomical event and connect the eVscope with a network of thousands of users all contributing to scientific research.
We demonstrated this when the eVscope participated succesfully in a science experiment. On January 2018, our observations of the occultation of a magnitude-11 star by the main-belt asteroid 175 Andromache, combined with other observations, helped derive an estimated shape for that asteroid (check our blog post for more information).
Here is how it works in practice:
Technical specs
A Compact and Portable Telescope
eVscope's Control App
Unistellar’s App, currently under development, enables you to wirelessly control the eVscope (Bluetooth or Wifi). It runs on Android, iOS, Windows, Mac or Linux. You can choose between beginner and expert mode. In beginner mode, everything is done automatically: after the automatic alignment procedure completes itself, simply choose an object and the telescope will point to it, you can then save pictures, record videos, or add contextual information.
In expert mode everything can be set manually: choose the sky region for alignment, point manually anywhere in the sky, set the sensor sensitivity and exposure time, adjust noise reduction and gamma curve.
Note: For the sake of clarity, we didn't overlay our night filter on these views of the app. Night filter dims the light of the smartphone so your eye stays sensitive to the fainter lighting of the night and nightsky objects.
Unistellar Founders
Development Stage
We have partnered with a highly-regarded manufacturer that’s highly regarded in its field and very experienced at making complex, high-quality consumer electronics. So, the final countdown has begun, and manufacture of your eVscopes is set to start in the very near future.
We’re now working closely with this company to take the eVscope through each step of the design-to-manufacture process. After finalizing the custom-made electronics and the mechanics, we are currently designing the first industrial prototypes. The whole process and its extensive testing will lead us to the set up of assembly lines then to mass production and an expected delivery starting in Q2 2019.
Presentation of the functional prototype we demonstrated this summer:
Completion Timeline
Opening new Frontiers for Exploration, Entertainment, and Citizen Science
Unistellar also wants to bring the wonders of astronomy back to city dwellers, most of whom have lost touch with the wonders of the night sky. Many more objects—most far, far more wondrous and beautiful than Pluto—are now well within viewing range of casual astronomers. Comets, extra-galactic supernovae, fast near-Earth asteroids, and much more —they’re out there every night, just above you in the sky, and they’re inviting you to have a look. Take them up on that invitation and your life will never be the same.
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