• We promise you will get the product or full refund.
• If there is quality problem or mail missing, we will send a new product to you until you get it.

We have launched several campaigns and delivered products to 5000+ backers. We launched smart telescope DWARF one year ago. And we received many suggestions. We bring DWARF II, to make stargazing and birdwatching easier.

DWARF II is a periscopic telescope. We use a prism to fold the light path. DWARF II can rotate in altitude and azimuth. The altitude axis passes through the centroid of the optical tube (including prism, lens, sensor, etc.). This structure can significantly reduce the moment of inertia around the altitude axis. Furthermore, the optical tube will not “rise up” when you raise up the altitude angle. As a result, the centroid of DWARF II is low. So that the vibration can be reduced, especially when there is wind. Through this design, we can make DWARF II has good stability and small size.

I believe you’ve never seen a telescope looks like this. We love this design.

Connect your smartphone/tablet and DWARF II via WiFi, then you can easily control DWARF II through DWARF App and take pictures/videos. DWARF App applies to Android and iOS.

We will provide API and developer documentation. You can even run your own programs on DWARF II.

DWARF II is suitable for taking pictures/videos of animals, such as birds. It is said that “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you aren’t close enough”. However, if you want to take pictures of animals, they will escape when you are close enough. DWARF II has telephoto lens and supports wireless control, so you can record the details in distance, avoid disturbing them.

DWARF II has two cameras, a wide-angle camera, and a telephoto camera. Through the wide-angle camera, you can take pictures/videos as a normal camera, or preview the field of view. Put the target in the middle of the wide-angle view, then the telephoto camera is aiming your target.  And the telephoto image is always at a fixed place (near the center ) of the wide-angle image.

• What is the optical zoom value of the camera?
• The magnification only makes sense for the visual optical system. A visual telescopic system is an afocal system, the magnification means the ratio of the angle of the image to the angle of the object. However, DWARF II is a digital telescope, not an afocal system, so we use equivalent focal length to feature it. The equivalent focal length can indicate the field of view in the object space. For DWARF II, the field of view in the object space is about 3 degrees, and the equivalent focal length is 673mm. If we take wide-angle photos by mobile phone for comparison, the optical magnification of DWARF II is about 20X. And you can zoom in with digital magnification up to 10X.

The lens is driven by a step motor to realize autofocus.

The maximum angular velocity tracked by DWARF II is 36 °/s, and the maximum linear velocity that can be tracked at a distance of 150 m is 90 m/s, which is 324 km/h. The bird and airplanes should be tracked.

Select the target object through framing it, then use the Object Tracking function in DWARF App to track it. The object tracking of DWARF II is realized through multiple deep learning networks, including SiamMask (CVPR 2019), SiamRPN++ (CVPR 2019 oral), DaSiamRPN  (ECCV 2018), SiamRPN (CVPR 2018), and SiamFC (ECCV 2016). The networks are accelerated by the NPU (Neural-Network Processing Unit) in DWARF II.

• Star Tracking

Since Earth rotation, stars move slowly in the sky. DWARF II can automatically track the stars. DWARF II can rotate around the altitude and azimuth along the movement of stars. And DWARF II uses field-rotation-correction algorithm to avoid the field rotation. Then you can use DWARF II to track deep-sky objects with long exposure time. The maximum exposure time is 15 seconds.

• For Astrophotography, can it take deep space photos such as Nebula and Galaxy?
• Yes! The ratio of the diagonal of the telescope camera IMX415 sensor to that of a 35 mm film frame is about 6.7. So roughly this 100 mm lens is the equivalent of a 675 mm lens on a 35 mm camera. Should be great for the moon and large galaxy (e.g., the Andromeda Galaxy M31). But little details on the planets – you’ll easily see Jupiter’s moons and maybe be able to tell that Saturn isn’t perfectly round. (Quoting Don Holmgren’s answer）

• Star Stacking

Automatic registration after multiple exposures, DWARF II stacks the images into a bright and clear image. It helps you to record deep-sky objects easily.

Triangulum Galaxy M33 by DWARF II

M33 Shooting Environment: The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale is class-4 without the moonlight. 200 stacks. The total exposure time is 50 minutes.

Andromeda Galaxy M31 by DWARF II

M31 Shooting Environment: The Bortle Dark-Sky scale is class-4 with the moonlight.150 stacks. The total exposure time is 38 minutes.

Take a picture with ONE BILLION pixels! DWARF II can capture multiple images through 2-axis scanning, then stitch them into ONE picture. The pixel number can even reach ONE BILLION! ENJOY IT!

• Built-in Switchable IR Filter

The IR light is cut off in default state. You can turn the filter off if you want to capture images with IR light.

• Solar Filter and Filter Adapter

Solar filter is a kind of solar filter, which reduces the light and harmful radiation without reducing the contrast of the subject, And can achieve better image quality.

Filter adapter ring can transfer any 1.25″ filter.

DWARF II is a portable telescope. The size is close to conventional binoculars.

After power off, the camera will be retracted automatically to avoid damage.

DWARF II is compact and intelligent. It integrates the imaging system, 2-axis rotation control, auto-focus, wireless image transmission, tracking algorithm, and a lot of functions.

•  Lens: 100 mm focal length, is optimized to diffraction limit
•  Motor: 0.001 °/s~36 °/s ultra-wide speed range, high-precision positioning
•  Sensor: SONY IMX415 Starvis, 8 million pixels, high sensitivity
•  CPU/NPU: 4-Core Cortex-A7 1.5 GHz CPU, 2 TOPS NPU

1. The object tracking of DWARF II is realized through multiple deep learning networks, including SiamMask (CVPR 2019), SiamRPN++ (CVPR 2019 oral), DaSiamRPN  (ECCV 2018), SiamRPN (CVPR 2018), and SiamFC (ECCV 2016).

2. The star tracking of DWARF II is realized through rotation in altitude and azimuth, and field-rotation-correct algorithm.

3. The NPU (Neural-Network Processing Unit) in DWARF II has 2 TOPS computing power. It can significantly accelerate the deep learning networks to realize real-time response. Furthermore, it supplies scalability for upgrades.

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Hi, friends on Indiegogo. We are the TINYSCOPE team. We work on novel and cool imaging products. Our team is founded by Ph. Ds in the fields of optical design, machine vision, electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering. Telescope is a powerful tool that helps us to discover this world. We are determined to bring telescope into the intelligent age. And we want to make the best smart telescope in the world.

Before we launched DWARF, we had only 10 members. Now, we have more than 50 members. We can hardly grow up without your support. Thanks! We hope you can accompany us, and make some cool things with us together! 

Thank you for your support, we provide the following services：

• Quality guarantee for 6 months.

 If you find problem in quality without artificial damage, please contact us in 6 months, and we will send a new one to you.

• Update 2 times a month.

We will give 2 updates about the progress a month, and keep in touch with you.

Risks and Challenges

DWARF II is an integration of imaging optics, motion control, wireless signal transmission, electronics, software, and artificial intelligence. It’s not easy, and we have a lot of work. Furthermore, the COVID-19 is a factor which may cause delay. We have launched 3 crowdfunding campaigns. DWARF II is upgraded based on DWARF I, and we have accumulated a lot of technologies. We also have adequate materials, thousands of lenses, ICs, and motors. We bought the materials right after we established the project of DWARF II. We are prepared to make a great product. We will keep in touch with you, update the project progress. If you have any concern or question, please feel free to contact us.