Easily Find Deep Sky Objects With Powerful Plate Solving Technology
PiFinder is the ultimate telescope finder that brings you accurate positioning and simple object locating without the need for encoders or multi-star alignment.
"To say that I am impressed is an understatement. Great job on this little gadget!"
"Works Beautifully!"
"I REALLY enjoyed the build process."
"It makes it so easy to find targets, I observed more in an hour than I usually do in a night!"
"This is the device I've been dreaming of..."
"To say that I am impressed is an understatement. Great job on this little gadget!" "Works Beautifully!" "I REALLY enjoyed the build process." "It makes it so easy to find targets, I observed more in an hour than I usually do in a night!" "This is the device I've been dreaming of..."
Encoderless Pointing and Push-To
The PiFinder takes photos of the sky and uses them to determine exactly where your telescope is pointing with no setup or user intervention… all in less than one second! Between exposures a sophisticated accelerometer provides real-time updates to drive on-board star chart generation and easy push-to guidance. Installs like a finder, performs better than digital setting circles!
A self-contained observing tool
Everything you need, right at the eyepiece! The PiFinder will determine where you scope is pointed as you move around the sky and display an interactive star-chart centered on its position. You can search and filter a catalog of over 20,000 objects to observe and see how each object will look through the eyepiece. Once you’ve found a target the PiFinder guide you with easy push-to guidance… it can even log your observations.
The PiFinder
Fully Assembled
Get a completely assembled and tested PiFinder customized for your scope. Shipping now!
from $550.00
DIY Kits
$15 - $490
Browse our selection of kits to get as much or as little as you need to build your own PiFinder!
Completely Open Source
The PiFinder is proudly open-source. Each part of the hardware and all of the software are documented and community maintained. Everything you need to build your own PiFinder is available on our GitHub page.