![]() On 8 April 2024, the eagerly anticipated total solar eclipse will cross the United States from coast to coast. With Kickstarter prices starting at just $149, Hestia is making smart telescopes even more accessible to people curious about discovering and understanding the sky around them. To reduce costs and offer a telescope that is truly accessible to all, we have relied on the most powerful and widely adopted technology: your smartphone.” says Cyril Dupuy, founder of Vaonis. This year, we are pushing back the limits of miniaturization with a new innovation: Hestia. “The Stellina and Vespera smart telescopes have been worldwide successes since their launch. The Vaonis Hestia will be promoted to coincide with the total solar eclipse on April 2024. To reduce costs and offer a telescope that is truly accessible to all, we have relied on the most powerful and widely adopted technology: your smartphone.’ An app, the Gravity by Vaonis companion app, is available to download and can be used to point out the celestial objects including the Moon, Orion nebula and the Andromeda galaxy using an interactive sky map.Ĭyril Dupuy, the founder of Vaonis, said that following the success of previous smart telescopes Stellina and Vespera ‘This year, we are pushing back the limits of miniaturization with a new innovation: Hestia. The Vaonis Hestia is said to be designed to accommodate all sizes of smartphones and users can position their smartphone on Hestia to align their phone’s camera with Hestia’s eyepiece. ![]() Astronomy equipment manufacturer Vaonis has announced Hestia, a device that allows users to turn their smartphones into a ‘smart telescope’ and take photos of the night sky. The telescope is available to pre-order on Kickstarter for prices starting at $149/around £115 with deliveries expected by the end of the year. ![]()
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