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Originally Posted by DavidTrap
Jase - what sort of "all sky camera" do you recommend?
Fantastic info on this thread too!
Ta
DT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DavidTrap
Jase - what sort of "all sky camera" do you recommend?
Fantastic info on this thread too!
Ta
DT
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Hi David,
For the amateur, I'd go with a Moonglow technologies all sky cam. They are the best bang for buck Reasonable quality with a large install base. US$600 for the PAL bundle. May also want to consider a dome heater for an additional US$80.
http://www.moonglowtech.com/products...am/index.shtml
If you're a little more hardcore with deeper pockets, go with the SBIG AllSky-340 monochrome. Will set you back $US2.5k
http://www.sbig.com/products/cameras...ky-340-camera/
Beyond these I'd probably recommend a CASKETT but they are likely out of reach for the amateur market given the units are custom built to specs you want and highly configurable. I was reading a paper where HATSouth @ SSO were scripting their unit to identify high altitude, cold cirrus clouds that are not robustly detected by the Boltwood cloud sensor
http://www.obstech.net/en/content/caskett
There are other custom and diy options available depending on budget.