Wow! I’m reviewing my sky camera captures and there were some great meteors on the night of the 28th/29th.
@MookyTroubadour sky camera...something like a dashcam with a high capacity card aimed at the sky?
🤔🤔 That's an interesting idea!
@Damobius I use a raspberry pi and raspberry pi cams of various versions. The images you see here are the pic camera v3 with no IR filter. It lives under an acrylic dome and takes 10 second exposures back to back (there is a little lag- intend to get 5 shots per minute). I have everything scripted and it compiles all the still images into a movie for me to download. If you want to give it a go, it’s maybe $150 ish in hardware, and I can share my scripts.
@MookyTroubadour that sounds like a fun project for our 10-year old and I. If it's an easy share without taking too much of your time, I'd certainly be interested in seeing it!
@Damobius as far as a parts list, you’ll want a Pi (version 4 with 2GB or better). Mercifully these are back down to ~$75. For storage, I get SSD’s now as the costs are so close to SD card or thumb drive. 256GB for >$25 and a usb to SSD cable- maybe $10. You’ll need a box of some kind. I have plastic project boxes, as well as laquered cigar boxes. You probably have something on hand that’ll keep the rain off.
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I can probably find something on Thingiverse.