--- title: 2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser... description: A maker named mircemk has built a simple DIY star-finder device by mounting a green laser pointer and a smartphone on a flat plate attached to a tripod. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-super-simple-laser-precision-for-your-stargazing-ad1m9nfnz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser Precision For Your Stargazing | daily.dev og:description: A maker named mircemk has built a simple DIY star-finder device by mounting a green laser pointer and a smartphone on a flat plate attached to a tripod. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2026-frikkin-lasers-challenge-super-simple-laser-precision-for-your-stargazing-ad1m9nfnz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ad1m9nFNz.png og:image:alt: 2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser Precision For Your Stargazing og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: Super-Simple Laser Precision For Your Stargazing **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A maker named mircemk has built a simple DIY star-finder device by mounting a green laser pointer and a smartphone on a flat plate attached to a tripod. The smartphone runs AstroHopper, a GPS and inertial navigation astronomy app that shows a labeled sky view. By aligning the phone and laser axes, users can point the combo at any celestial object on screen, activate the laser, and follow the green beam with binoculars to locate the target. The build adds an external battery and on/off switch for convenience. It's a low-cost, practical entry in Hackaday's 2026 Frikkin' Lasers Challenge, which runs until July 23, 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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