Built-in guiding
The guide scope monitors star drift and feeds corrections back to the drive. Guiding is part of the telescope, so there is no separate guide-camera setup.
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Manufacturer lifestyle image. Campsite equipment is not included.
The DWARFLAB DRACO brings a 90 mm telescope, cooled camera, guiding and motorised tracking together in a 5.5 kg body. Choose a target in the app and watch your image build as the telescope captures and stacks the light.
It suits newcomers who want an automated start and experienced imagers who want manual controls and image-data export in a compact setup. Your phone or tablet is the viewing screen; DRACO is an imaging telescope without an eyepiece.
The 340 mm telephoto optical system folds into the body, giving DRACO its compact shape. Its f/3.8 focal ratio and aberration-corrected optics are designed for deep-sky imaging.
The telephoto camera uses a 1/1.3-inch, 50.33 MP sensor. In deep-sky mode, 2x2 binning combines four native pixels into a larger effective pixel, producing approximately 12 MP images. Solar System mode uses native pixel sampling and crops around the target.
A separate wide-angle camera can record at the same time. Its 85.74° diagonal view takes in the Milky Way, star trails and surrounding landscape while the telephoto camera concentrates on a smaller subject.

Manufacturer illustration of the telephoto and wide-angle optical arrangement.
Guiding, a precision transmission and fine microstepping work with physical sensor rotation to support exposures of up to 300 seconds. These systems handle different sources of movement and image degradation.

Manufacturer illustration of the integrated guide scope. The star field is illustrative.
The guide scope monitors star drift and feeds corrections back to the drive. Guiding is part of the telescope, so there is no separate guide-camera setup.
The sensor turns to counter the sky’s changing orientation. You can also rotate the frame in the app for portrait, landscape or diagonal compositions.
Built-in cooling and heat dissipation reduce thermal noise during capture. DWARFLAB does not specify a cooling-temperature difference or regulated setpoint.
Heat recovered from the sensor warms the lens, helping keep it clear through cold or humid sessions.
Both editions share the 90 mm optics, cooling, guiding and dual cameras. The choice is in the telephoto filter system.
The shared Astro filter passes a broader range of starlight for subjects such as galaxies and clusters. The Hα + O III filter isolates two emission bands to reduce unwanted background light when imaging nebulae. Its bands are centred at 658 nm and 503 nm, each with a nominal 13 nm width (±3 nm).
SHO adds the 674 nm S II band through a second S II + O III filter. DRACO can capture the two filter sets in sequence and combine the sulphur, hydrogen and oxygen data into a Hubble Palette image. This is separate from applying a colour effect to an existing image.

Standard: Astro, dark, H+O and built-in solar ND. Manufacturer filter-path illustration.
View full-size Standard filter diagram
SHO: Astro, dark, H+O and S+O. The solar ND filter is external. Manufacturer filter-path illustration.
View full-size SHO filter diagramSolar imaging: use the correct solar filter and follow the approved in-app safety flow. Never point DRACO at the Sun outside that workflow. The SHO external ND filter must be fitted manually in advance.

Manufacturer app illustration. Interface appearance may vary with app version.
The iOS and Android app supports automatic connection and NFC pairing on compatible phones. Wide-angle Sky Finder helps you recognise the sky and spot obstructions. Use the real-time atlas, recommendations, favourites and target filters to plan your session.
Check the composition in the simulated frame before capture. Rotate it in the app to suit the subject, with the physical sensor following the angle you choose.
GoTo, autofocus, calibration, target acquisition, tracking and stacking are automated. Auto Mode adjusts settings for the target; Pro Mode gives you exposure, gain and filter control across the 1/10000 s to 300 s exposure range.
Built-in flat and bias data are combined with dark frames captured automatically in real time. Calibration is applied during live stacking to help correct thermal signal, uneven illumination and other fixed image artefacts.

Manufacturer illustration of the DWARFLAB app and image-processing workflow.
Use auto enhancement, noise reduction and star correction, then adjust the stars with reduction, removal or extraction. Star-spike effects and watermarks provide finishing options; Hubble Palette effects are also available.
Uses: The DWARFLAB app.
Export JPG or PNG for sharing, or FITS and TIFF when you want to continue working with the image data in your own processing software. Video is saved in MP4 format.
Uses: Software compatible with your chosen export format.
Explore and share captures in PhotonVerse. Star Party lets participants image together, with CoStack for combined data and CoMosaic for larger collaborative compositions.
Uses: Other participating DWARFLAB users for collaborative features.
Remote access and scheduled capture give you two ways to run a session when you are away from the telescope.

Manufacturer app/service illustration.
Control a prepared DRACO through DWARFLAB’s PhotonLink service, including settings, filters and the dark-frame cover. Shared-control invitations let friends join in.

Manufacturer app/service illustration.
Set a target, time and capture parameters. DRACO can wake, locate the target, track it and start imaging automatically, so a late-night session can run to your plan.
Astro Mosaic moves through a larger composition and stitches the panels together automatically. You can expand the frame by up to 1.8x in both width and height, giving approximately three times the field area.

Multi-Night Mega Stacking takes the time dimension further. Combine data from several sessions, recombine captures made with different settings or filters, and review individual frames before restacking. Removing frames affected by cloud or other interference gives you more control over the finished image.
These DWARFLAB examples show the range of subjects. Daylight photo and video, panoramas, burst shooting, time-lapse and automatic tracking add more ways to use the cameras.





The 5.5 kg telescope body folds into a compact form. A metal frame and base support the optical assembly, and the stated operating-temperature range is -20°C to +45°C.
SHO Edition also includes: one external magnetic ND solar filter.
The included tripod weighs approximately 480 g and stands 175 mm high when deployed. Its fixed-length legs, aluminium platform and TPR feet provide a compact support. It folds to 80 x 80 x 268 mm.

The compact tripod shown here is included with both editions.
Follow the approved in-app solar safety sequence with the correct ND filter in place. Standard selects its built-in ND through the app; SHO requires its external magnetic ND to be attached manually before solar imaging.
The metal base and frame support EQ operation with app-guided angle adjustment. A separate equatorial mount is not required. Full-height tripods shown in manufacturer lifestyle images are separate from the included compact tripod.
Brighter clusters and nebulae can be rewarding city targets, while faint galaxies and dust structures benefit from darker skies. Moonlight, cloud, target altitude, seeing, focus, stability, capture time and processing all affect the result.
DWARFLAB lists direct Wi-Fi operation up to 10 m. PhotonLink provides the remote-control route through a network connection. USB Ethernet is also supported, but a compatible Ethernet adapter is not included in the published contents list.
The supplier dealer pack specifies IP56 protection, including dust resistance and brief rain exposure. This does not make the telescope submersible. Dew prevention helps the optics during a session; it does not remove the need to choose appropriate observing conditions.
Sources: DWARFLAB Australian DRACO launch specifications and supplied dealer reference pack, checked 8 September 2026. Body weight is not packed shipping weight.