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AstroHelm turns your phone camera into a telescope aiming aid

Original: Show HN: AstroHelm – Use your phone camera to aim a telescope or telephoto lens

Developer HeavenFox has launched AstroHelm, a tool that uses a phone camera to help aim a telescope or telephoto lens, presented on Hacker News. The app points at a target in the sky or at distance, simplifying alignment for amateur astronomers and photographers. Commenters on the site are discussing the idea, with the launch drawing dozens of upvotes within hours.

Why now: It is a fresh community launch that offers a practical new way to align optics with a phone.

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