Check out a few homemade all-sky cameras I use (day & night)
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ALL-SKY CAMERAS
All-sky camera (Mintron 12V6HC-EX 1/2" CCD Starlight Camera, 4.5mm F/1.4 Computar lens)
All-Sky-Mirror (Canon 350D)
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)
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)
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
Homemade all-sky cameras
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Re: Homemade all-sky cameras
Very impressive set of cameras Pedro
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10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
Maple Ridge Observatory
Cambray, ON Canada
Photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/185395281@N08/albums
10'x15 Roll-off Roof Observatory
Takahashi EM400 Mount carrying:
C14 + Lunt 80ED
Deep Sky Work - ASI294MM Pro+EFW 7x36/Canon 60D (Ha mod), ONAG
Planetary Work - SBIG CFW10, ASI462MM
2.2m Diameter Dome
iOptron CEM70G Mount carrying:
Orion EON 130ED, f7 OTA for Day & Night Use
Ha Setup: Lunt LS80PT/LS75FHa/B1200Ha + Home Brew Lunt Double Stack/B1800Ha on the Orion OTA + Daystar Quantum
WL, G-Band & CaK Setup: Lunt Wedge & Lunt B1800CaK, Baader K-Line and Altair 2nm G-Band filter
ASI1600MM, ASI432MM, ASI294MM Pro, ASI174MM, ASI462MM
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Re: Homemade all-sky cameras
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.
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Thanks Derek
You can always heat the mirror. These traffic mirrors are relatively easy to find
You can always heat the mirror. These traffic mirrors are relatively easy to find
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Thanks Alexandra
Hope you have some sun soon
Hope you have some sun soon
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Nice! What do they all get used for?
http://brierleyhillsolar.blogspot.co.uk/
Solar images, a collection of all the most up to date live solar data on the web, imaging & processing tutorials - please take a look!
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Re: Homemade all-sky cameras
Nicely done, Pedro. What software do you run to capture 'events'?
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H-alpha, WL and Ca II K imaging kit for various image scales.
Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
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Fluxgate Magnetometers (1s and 150s Cadence).
Radio meteor detector.
More images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarcarbon60/
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Re: Homemade all-sky cameras
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)
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)
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