Array Rig Integration System
The ASIAIR experience — without the lock-in.
Any camera, any mount, any browser, every rig. ARIS is professional astrophotography control for iOS, Android, and web — mount, camera, focus, guiding, and full-night sequencing in one beautiful app. It runs on your Raspberry Pi, over your network. No cloud between you and your telescope.
- Single-rig core free, forever
- Open INDI ecosystem, 100+ devices
- Free simulator — no hardware needed
The app
Everything a full-night imager needs.
One idea per screen, zero clutter — with the depth underneath when you want to open the hood.
Sky Atlas & planning
Know tonight’s sky before dark.
Browse a deep-sky catalog rendered the way it deserves, then hand your picks straight to tonight’s plan.
- Deep-sky catalog with constellation art and rich object data
- Altitude & transit charts computed for your site
- Framing that matches your exact sensor, optics, and rotation
- 360° horizon capture — plan around your real trees, not a generic skyline
Automated sequencing
Press start. Wake up to data.
Build multi-target, multi-filter exposure plans and let ARIS run the night: it flips the meridian on schedule, refocuses when the temperature drifts, and dithers between frames. You sleep; the rig works.
- Multiple targets, filters, and exposure plans per night
- Automatic meridian flips with re-center and guiding resume
- Autofocus triggers on time, temperature, or filter change
- Dithering coordinated with the guider — no lost frames
Focus & guiding
Critical focus. Pinned stars.
V-curve autofocus walks the curve, fits both arms, and lands on critical focus in seconds — then re-runs itself when the temperature moves. Built-in PHD2-style guiding holds your stars with live RA/Dec graphs, RMS readouts, and dither settling that plays nicely with your sequence.
Read about guiding & focusMulti-rig arrays
One session. Every rig.
ARIS is built for arrays — it’s the A in the name. Connect a fleet: the backyard Pi, the club dome, the remote observatory. Orchestrate all of them from a single session, each rig with its own plan, status, and guide graph.
- Every mount, camera, and guider at a glance
- Independent sequences per rig, one pane of glass
- Made for imaging clubs and remote observatories
One session · three rigs · zero ladder climbs
Works with your gear
Bring the equipment you already own.
Premium polish for people who’ve outgrown all-in-one boxes. Real depth for people who never wanted one.
INDI native
Built on the open INDI driver ecosystem — the same drivers running in serious observatories worldwide. No proprietary black box, no hardware lock-in.
Every piece of the rig
First-class control for the whole imaging train:
Simulator included
A complete practice observatory in software. Learn every screen from the couch tonight — connect real hardware whenever you’re ready. Zero equipment required.
Pricing
The essentials are free. The automation is one plan.
Run a rig free, forever. One plan adds the automation; the next adds every rig you own — less than 4% of what your rig cost, a fraction of one month at a hosting site.
Founders’ Early Access — Pro at $199/yr, locked for life · First 200 waitlist membersFree
Single-rig essentials, forever.
- Connect & control any INDI gear
- GoTo, plate-solve & center
- Guiding & focus
- Single-target capture, files & Sky Atlas
Hobbyist
The automation brain, on one rig.
- Multi-target, multi-night sequencer
- Autofocus-in-sequence & meridian-flip automation
- Rotator framing & dither
- Pano/mosaic + NINA bridge
- Live-updating intelligence
Pro
Every rig you own, one command deck.
- Everything in Hobbyist — on every rig
- Multi-rig dashboard & orchestration
- Remote relay
- Fleet features & priority support
What happens if you lapse: your rig keeps working on the free core, your files are always on your disk, premium features pause until you resubscribe — and a lapse mid-session finishes the running night first. Annual plans carry a 90-day offline grace window — a full season at an unconnected dark site.
Documentation
Go deep on every feature.
Setup guides, equipment notes, and a searchable manual for every screen
in the app — learn everything at docs.arisastro.com.