We’ve all enjoyed looking up at a clear night sky and marveled at the majesty of the stars. Some of us have even pointed telescopes at particular celestial objects to get a closer view. Anyone who’s ever looked at anything beyond Jupiter knows the hassle involved. It is most unfortunate that the planet we reside on happens to rotate about a fixed axis, which makes it somewhat difficult to keep a celestial object in the view of your scope.
It doesn’t take much to strap a few steppers and some silicon brains to a scope to counter the rotation of earth, 
and such systems have been available for decades. They are unfortunately quite expensive. So [Dessislav Gouzgounov] took matters into his own hands and developed the rDuinoScope – an open source telescope control system.
Based on the Arduino Due, the systems stores a database of 250 stellar objects. Combined with an RTC and GPS, the rDunioScope can locate and lock on to your favorite nebula and track it, allowing you to view it in peace. Be sure to grab the code and let us know when you have your own rDuinoScope set up!
I’ve ordered the parts to build this (including the telescope)!
Big $avings. TY!
Link to web page – a free site blocked due to over-use (too much traffic).
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/rDUINOScope/
Mirror Site 1: http://rduinoscope.byethost24.com/
From their Facebook:
Due to the heavy traffic a Mirror Site was created for rDUINOScope!
http://rduinoscope.byethost24.com/?i=1
Looks like the site got suspended due to overtraffic :(
Amazing concept though!