The SuffolkSky.com INDI AllSky Camera provides a live view of the Suffolk, VA sky from my backyard. I have been running my indi-allsky camera for several years now. Over time I have updated the enclosure and tweaked the configs. The software has also been updated on a regular basis and the latest major release introduced a new look and some great new features and capabilities.
I run my all sky camera on a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4 GB of memory and a 128 GB SD Card. The camera is a SVBONY SV305 with a inexpensive wide angle lens. GPIO is enabled and a DHT11 temperature/humidity sensor is attached to measure the environment inside the enclosure. I also has a USB GPS Receiver to provide location information. The camera and Raspberry Pi are protected in a weather resistant enclosure which has survived brutal winds, torrential downpours, and several inches of snow and ice.
The latest INDI AllKy software release has modernized the interface a bit. It adds the ability to easily hide the left navigation menu. It also adds the ability to toggle between light and dark mode. The INDI AllSky logo is now linked to the Latest AllSky image. Menu navigation has also been improved.
A great feature of this update is the VirtualSky Overlay. This allow for overlays of the constellations, the planets, and stars onto the AllSky image. I don’t have it 100% calibrated yet, but working on it. I really like this feature. It can be accessed by visitors from the Menu through Tools -> VirtualSky
AllSky-Map.com is directly integrated into this version of INDI AllSky. It can now be setup as part of the configuration. AllSky-Map.com is a community-driven map for indi-allsky camera systems. Cameras check in and upload the latest capture using an API so visitor are able to explore sky conditions across registered All Sky cameras. Another really awesome feature.
I still have some exploring to do and some settings to tinker with, but I really like a lot of the new capabilities in this release. I’ll get the VirtualSky overlay calibrated as soon as I can (need a good dark clear sky). Really appreciate all the work Aaron and the other contributors have put into adding features and improving INDI AllSky.
I really need to update the dark frame calibration library. The focus has definitely drifted and could really use some work to dial it back in. Just need a clear night.
I display the camera image on my AllSky Camera page which updates every 5 minutes. You can access the live camera here: https://vhersey.hopto.org:5010/indi-allsky/ Since I am using the self-signed certificate you will receive a SSL certificate error, but you can continue anyway (if your are not comfortable with this, no worries don’t visit it). I may try to figure out what needs to be done to update this to a proper cert at some point, just not this point.
08/21/2026 – Updated the overlay adding labels for the camera, the lens, and the sbc information. Since I am publishing to AllSky-Map.com I thought it might be helpful to provide folks a bit more information about the SuffolkSky AllSky camera setup.
# size:26 [Use 60 for higher resolution cameras]
# xy:-15,15 (Upper Right)
# anchor:ra (Right Justified)
# color:0,150,0
{location}
{timestamp:%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S}
# color:100,100,0
Lat {latitude:0.1f} Long {longitude:0.1f}
# xy:-15,-240 (Lower Right) [Use -15,-450 for size 60]
# color:150,150,150
Moon {moon_phase:0.0f}% {moon_alt:0.0f}°
# color:175,175,0
Sun {sun_alt:0.0f}°
# color:125,0,0
Mercury {mercury_alt:0.0f}°
# color:100,150,150
Venus {venus_alt:0.0f}°
# color:150,0,0
Mars {mars_alt:0.0f}°
# color:100,100,0
Jupiter {jupiter_alt:0.0f}°
# color:100,100,150
Saturn {saturn_alt:0.0f}°
# xy:15,-150 (Lower Left) [Use 15,-210 for size 60]
# anchor:la (Left Justified)
# color:150,150,150
Raspberry Pi 4B - 4 GB
Outside Temp: {sensor_user_19:0.0f}° {temp_unit:s}
Enclosure Temp: {sensor_user_10:0.0f}° {temp_unit:s}
Clouds: {sensor_user_23:0.0f}%
CPU Temp: {sensor_temp_10:0.0f}° {temp_unit:s}
# xy:15,15 (Upper Left)
# color:0,150,0
Camera: SV305 IMX290
Lens: FL 1.7mm f/2
Exposure: {exposure:0.6f}
Gain: {gain:d}
Stretch: {stretch:s}
# color:0,150,150
Stars: {stars:d}
SQM: {sqm:0.0f}
# color:200,200,200 (default color)
# additional labels will be added here
