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TurtleCam Weather Station and Web Cam

Now broadcasting from Cascais, Portugal.

The webcam and weather station are based on Raspberry Pi systems running motion and weewx. They are currently running the Rasberry Pi v3 12MP camera, and a few cheap i2c based sensors for measurements – a BME280 for air pressure, a MCP9808 for temperature, and a Si7021 for humidity.

The weewx setup uses the Belchertown skin and gets the radar data from windy.com. The weather station currently broadcasts to awekas.com, weatherunderground.com, and windy.com.

2019-06-08No Comments

Astronomy Astrophotography

Mountains on the Moon

When the light is right, the edge of the moon can be very rewarding for imaging, or observing at higer magnifications. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary/lunar imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.

2007-12-29No Comments

Astronomy Astrophotography

Mars

Mars at close approach is amazing and you can really pick up a lot of detail. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.

Best 200 of 2000 @ 10 FPS

2007-12-29No Comments

Astronomy Astrophotography

Jupiter

My best Jupiter to date, and probably my best planetary [intergalactic] image so far. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.

Best 200 of 2500 @ 10 FPS

2006-04-21No Comments

Astronomy Astrophotography

Saturn

My best Saturn to date, and my favorite planet in the solar system. Taken with a Philips Toucam Pro webcam (lens removed), a Toucam to 1.25″ adapter, and a 2.5x Meade barlow. The telescope was a Celestron C9.25 with a JMI NGF-s focuser, carried on a Losmandy GM-8. The C9.25/NGF/GM8 combo was amazing for planetary imaging, especially under the still Florida skies I was living in at the time.

Best 200 of 2000 frames @ 10 FPS

2006-01-05No Comments