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Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:13 pm
by pedro
Check out a few homemade all-sky cameras I use (day & night)

WEBLINK:
http://re.apaaweb.com/all_sky_cameras.html

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ALL-SKY CAMERAS

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All-sky camera (Mintron 12V6HC-EX 1/2" CCD Starlight Camera, 4.5mm F/1.4 Computar lens)

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All-Sky-Mirror (Canon 350D)

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All-sky cameras (Mintron 12V6HC-EX 1/2" CCD Starlight Camera, 4.5mm F/1.4 Computar lens + Watec 902H, 4mm F/1.2 Computar TV lens)

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All-sky cameras (Mintron 12V6HC-EX 1/2" CCD Starlight Camera, 4.5mm F/1.4 Computar lens + Watec 902H, 4mm F/1.2 Computar TV lens)

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All-sky-cameras. Watec 902H, Computar lens 3.8mm F/0.8, Watec 902H, fish-eye lens 1.7mm F/2. Homemade all-weather housings

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:36 pm
by MapleRidge
Very impressive set of cameras Pedro :bow

Brian

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:44 pm
by pedro
Thanks so much Brian

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:47 am
by Derek Klepp
Looks good Pedro that Mintron is what I use for Solar imaging or a version of it.I like the DSLR mirror set up only prob;em here is that it’s too humid.
Derek

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:45 am
by pedro
Thanks Derek

You can always heat the mirror. These traffic mirrors are relatively easy to find

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 11:49 am
by Montana
Great inventions :hamster: all I would need would be some sky to see :lol:
Alexndra

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:28 pm
by pedro
Thanks Alexandra

Hope you have some sun soon

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:05 pm
by marktownley
Nice! What do they all get used for?

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 6:28 am
by Derek Klepp
Thanks Pedro I,ll keep that in mind.

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 6:49 am
by Carbon60
Nicely done, Pedro. What software do you run to capture 'events'?

Stu

Re: Homemade all-sky cameras

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2018 8:52 am
by pedro
Thanks guys

Derek: a fan is all you need to keep the moisture away from the mirror

I use these cameras to control sky conditions when I'm imaging remotely (deep-sky)

During the day one of the cameras is always on to see if the sky clears when it's cloudy. I can go to the observatory and get everything running in about 10min.

Before both cameras where also used to record meteors and fireballs (UFO soft)