2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177109This article describes a method to turn astronomical imaging into a random number generator by using the positions of incident cosmic rays and hot pixels to generate bit streams. We subject the resultant bit streams to a battery of standard benchmark statistical tests for randomness and show that these bit streams are statistically the same as a perfect random bit stream. Strategies for improving and building upon this method are outlined.9 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in PASAAstrophysicstext