Esther's Wireless All Sky Camera

Resources

All of my main resources are linked here. It's good to know that all the steps I'm taking are based on ThomasJ1's original post on Instructables (link below) and all credit goes to them. Alterations may be based on suggestions from my friend or because the hardware has moved on since the original instructables post. I tried to give an overview compatible with Dutch stores, as that is the area I'm in.

• Main inspiration: the Wireless All Sky Camera instructables page
• ZWO ASI678MC camera found at robtics.nl
• Omegon 25mm 170 found at robtics.nl
• Adapter found at robtics.nl
• Acrylic dome found at amazon.nl
• PVC endpiece with screw cap similar to this one found at Karwei
• PVC lid found at Karwei
• PVC elbow piece 32mm found at Karwei

More Details

As this project is currently still in build mode, I'll add content here of my own experiences as they come. A build journal can also be found in the gallery below.

If you are curious in the mean time, I highly recommend consulting the original Wireless All Sky Camera instructables page. Many thanks to ThomasJ1 for the clear instructions.

One of the main ideas behind the all sky camera is to keep track of nightly activities such as meteor showers and aurora. While we don't have those in the Netherlands very commonly, we have been lucky enough with some in recent years due to high solar activity. So the plan is not only to generate a timelapse of the activity, but also keograms and star trails to have a daily overview of the nightly activity so we don't miss any important timelapses. Luckily, the AllSky project has a very mature web UI once the software has been installed on the Raspberry Pi, so enabling that is just a toggle in the config.