SkyQuest: An Open-Source Outdoor Astronomy Mission Platform Powered by Gemma

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Most astronomy and satellite tracking software is designed to be consumed exclusively through a screen: complex orbital graphs, two-dimensional ground tracks, and dense ephemeris tables keep users tethered to their desks. </p> <p>I built <strong>SkyQuest</strong> with the opposite objective: <strong>to bridge digital astrodynamics and the physical world by motivating people to step outdoors, loo

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Most astronomy and satellite tracking software is designed to be consumed exclusively through a screen: complex orbital graphs, two-dimensional ground tracks, and dense ephemeris tables keep users tethered to their desks. </p> <p>I built <strong>SkyQuest</strong> with the opposite objective: <strong>to bridge digital astrodynamics and the physical world by motivating people to step outdoors, loo

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week1-2026-10-05">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>Most astronomy and satellite tracking software is designed to be consumed exclusively through a screen: complex orbital graphs, two-dimensional ground tracks, and dense ephemeris tables keep users tethered to their desks. </p> <p>I built <strong>SkyQuest</strong> with the opposite objective: <strong>to bridge digital astrodynamics and the physical world by motivating people to step outdoors, loo

Evidence

SkyQuest: An Open-Source Outdoor Astronomy Mission Platform Powered by Gemma

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