How to make a simple all-sky camera

Re:How to make a simple all-sky camera by jws on Sunday April 05, 2020 @01:10PM (#22786824)

I made one a couple years ago to watch the clouds sail cross the sky. After a few weeks I noticed scratches in my acrylic dome. On review I have some nice picture of the feet and claws of juvenile bald eagle.

Sacrifice a bit of your horizon to make a perch higher than your dome.

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Re:How to make a simple all-sky camera by jacquesm on Sunday April 05, 2020 @01:50PM (#22787083)

Oh that's almost as cool as seeing a meteor. Not sure which are rarer even. No bald eagles here so I should be safe but it's a good point that you may want to investigate the local wildlife before staring on a project like this.

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Re:How to make a simple all-sky camera by secstate on Sunday April 05, 2020 @08:47PM (#22790027)

Bald eagles are everywhere in Maine now. Near a tidal estuary near us we counted 25 sitting in trees watching the smelt run.

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Re:How to make a simple all-sky camera by pgt on Sunday April 05, 2020 @02:03PM (#22787186)

I initially read your second paragraph as, "Sometimes you have to sacrifice your view of the horizon to catch an eagle."

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