Page 1 of 1

ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Wed 15 Jan 2014 3:11 pm
by AntonelloGhezzi
HELLO!

I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADVICED IN WICH IS THE BEST ALL SKY CAMERA I CAN FIND FOR SHOW ON THE WEB A LIVE STREAMING OF THE STARS, IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF WHAT WE CAN SEE FROM THE MONITORS, HOW IS EASY TO BROADCAST IT BUT MOST OF ALL IT HAVE TO BE LIVE AND NO NEED THE REFRESH.

THANK YOU!!

AG

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sat 22 Feb 2014 4:11 pm
by MickinMoulden
FULL HD webcam with a fish eye lens that you can buy for a camera phone perhaps? The lens may not work on it properly, so perhaps get a second hand mobile phone that accepts the fish-eye lens and connect it via WiFi (you can get apps for your phone to do this). You will just need to make the phone weather proof and permanently connected to the charger.

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sat 22 Feb 2014 4:17 pm
by AntonelloGhezzi
Thank you Very much! we will try this, i hope to show you the results :)

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014 4:22 am
by tumutbound
I have a Raspberry Pi and camera module as my webcamera (http://port-huon.com.au/weather/webcam/weather.jpeg) and it's working very well.

I've just gotten another RPi and camera module and I'm going to try what MickinMoulden suggests and use a cheap fish eye lens meant for a mobile phone.(bought here: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... OU:AU:3160)
I figured for under $7 it's worth a try.

I still have to work out a suitable, waterproof housing that will let me point the camera straight up. It will requie a clear cover as the design of the lens will allow water to gather in it. Open to suggestions here.

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014 12:47 pm
by AntonelloGhezzi
Is your web cam in a live streaming or there is a refresh ? can i see a video from a smartphone with this lens? do you know where i can find it?

I m going to try this night to realize some ideas and i ll show you the results if i will have some...:)

Thank you!

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014 12:57 pm
by vaggos
So simple. Mine cam3 ip:
Image

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014 2:21 pm
by AntonelloGhezzi
i see, thank you! but is it live or with a some seconds refresh?

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014 2:46 pm
by mcrossley
If you want to capture any sort of detail in the night sky then you are going to have to use longer exposures or use some sort of frame integration or both. You will not capture much at 30 frames a second, you will probably need to extend the exposure time to seconds for each frame depending on the sensitivity of the camera sensor.

Re: ALL SKY CAMERA STREAMING

Posted: Sun 23 Feb 2014 4:27 pm
by vaggos
AntonelloGhezzi wrote:i see, thank you! but is it live or with a some seconds refresh?
Its not sky cam. i Show it just for the cover. I use it for image every 10 seconds and sometimes for Live streaming. Here is my Web page http://www.meteoacharnes.gr/. This cam is the third one. Quite nice view late on the night.