Kacper Łobodecki, a student at the Faculty of Geodesy and Cartography at Warsaw University of Technology, developed a telescope as part of his engineering thesis.

The thesis “Construction of a Newtonian telescope with a geoinformatic system supporting astronomical observations” was supervised by Dr Robert Olszewski, Prof. of the Warsaw University of Technology. 

Kacper Łobodecki received his engineering degree at the beginning of February and is currently a student of computer science at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology.

“Sensors, a GPS receiver and special motors have been built into the telescope to support the calibration and observation process. All communication is done via WiFi, and the instrument is battery-powered, so you can confidently ‘go with it into the field'”, points out  Kacper Łobodecki. 

The result of the work is a fully functional astronomical instrument, which, combined with the developed geoinformatics software to support observation, provides a ready platform for both hobbyist and scientific research.