SkyCam

PROLOGUE

Lots of interesting things happen in the sky when we’re asleep; why not take some pictures! Sky cameras can do this, but retail for low thousands of dollars. Meh. Let’s build one!



Let’s get started!

Material Needed/Suggested:
From Lowes, the following SKUs:
42849
17417
526972
23321
23411
294919
256099

From Amazon, the following items:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07D49D4FF
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZCN7W94
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TC2BK1X
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0781WDZ1Y
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DY5F58S
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XWN9Q99

From B&H, the following lens:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/872528-REG/Arecont_Vision_mpl1_55_1_55Mm_1_2_F2_0_Fixed.html

From L-com, the following USB adapter:
https://www.l-com.com/usb-usb-30-right-angle-cable-assembly-down-angle-b-straight-a-connectors-03-meters
Step 1: Setup the Raspi You’ll need to setup a headless Raspi and do the normal setup steps of

#update the sucker
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

Install deps and instructions from here
https://github.com/thomasjacquin/allsky

You can download and 3D print my STL’s so that a raspberry pi can comfortably fit within the 4 inch tube.