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Astronomy, the scientific exploration of celestial occurrences and the universe, encompasses a wide range of captivating phenomena that provide insights into the structure and workings of our cosmos. However, ground-based sky phenomena knowledge and education is not an interesting topic to be delved into depth among people especially students in our country due to lack of awareness. Thus, with the advancements of sensor technology, we demonstrated the capabilities of Raspberry Pi for few astronomical phenomena such as solar eclipse, meteor shower, embedded with visual sky monitoring for real time solar activity or night observation and weather station. This 4in1 astronomical phenomena detection device consists of light to sound sensor, low light Raspberry Pi camera, humidity sensor, temperature sensor and barometric pressure sensor. This cost-effective device also equipped with a 180-degree wide view angle lens enable the camera to capture high-resolution images of the sky and clouds during both day and night. Its compact and simplicity design allows for easy portability enabling installation in various locations without any modifications of existing infrastructure. This device is associated with its designated mobile apps (platform), allowing users to remotely monitor and capture real-time data transmitted through Wi-Fi connectivity. Additionally, we offer an interesting, fascinating and alluring astronomical phenomenon around us by the development of this ‘Smart Astronomical Phenomena Detection Device’ to empower and equip our communities especially young Malaysian learners. This is indirectly giving them an opportunity to learn and explore about astronomy education and implementing digital learning to enhance their knowledge and technical skills.