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Tag: SV305

SVBONY SV305 Camera

All Sky Camera Upgrades and Updates…
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All Sky Camera Upgrades and Updates…

January 11, 2024 by Hersey

I am upgrading the Raspberry Pi 3B 1 GB which is currently running the my all sky camera to a Raspberry Pi 4 4GB. The Pi3 has been working fine but I had the Raspberry Pi 4 freed up from another project…

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Fisheye Lens for the All Sky Camera…
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Fisheye Lens for the All Sky Camera…

August 8, 2022 by Hersey

I decided to replace the lens on the All Sky Camera with a Fisheye lens to try to get a bit more of the sky. I picked up an inexpensive 1.7mm F/2 fisheye lens for the All Sky Camera. The lens is…

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Focal Reducer to Camera Spacing
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Focal Reducer to Camera Spacing

June 9, 2022 by Hersey

I have made a lot of notes in my logs around spacing when using Focal Reducers with my SV305 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro cameras for EAA. This post is just to document I how set up the spacing for the focal reducers…

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Some Cool Captures from the INDI All Sky Camera…
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Some Cool Captures from the INDI All Sky Camera…

June 1, 2022 by Hersey

My INDI All Sky Camera Project has been up and running for over a month now. I finally got around to building a home for the all sky camera to get it out of the center of the driveway. Just a simple…

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INDI-AllSky SV305 Gain and Color Setting
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INDI-AllSky SV305 Gain and Color Setting

April 21, 2022 by Hersey

I have been tinkering with using a Raspberry Pi and my SV305 as an indi-allsky camera over the last week or so. In this post I am just documenting the different configuration settings I have been trying to get the most out…

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Weather Resistant Enclosure for the INDI-AllSky Camera
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Weather Resistant Enclosure for the INDI-AllSky Camera

April 10, 2022 by Hersey

Recently I started tinkering with setting up an INDI AllSky Camera with a SVBONY SV305 and a Raspberry Pi 3B. It is a cool project and since I was able to get it working I wanted to enclose it to make it…

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INDI AllSky Camera Project with the SV305 and a Raspberry Pi
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INDI AllSky Camera Project with the SV305 and a Raspberry Pi

April 4, 2022 by Hersey

I have the SVBONY SV305 camera which I have not used much since I picked up the ZWO ASI294MC Pro. I also have a Raspberry Pi 3B which was just sitting idle. I decided to try to use the SV305, the Raspberry…

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EAA – 02/19/2022 – Problems and a Couple Galaxies
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EAA – 02/19/2022 – Problems and a Couple Galaxies

February 20, 2022 by Hersey

Nice, clear, cool, but a bit windy. I had planned to leave the Celestron C6 SCT on the mount to see how the F/6.3 focal reducer would do for some EAA… Well it didn’t. I had nothing but problems: problems with focus,…

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EAA – 02/18/2022 – Messing With the 6″ SCT
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EAA – 02/18/2022 – Messing With the 6″ SCT

February 19, 2022 by Hersey

Yesterday was cloudy and rainy for most of the day, but things started to clear up in the late afternoon. I had taken the scope down and put it in the garage due to high winds the night before. Since it looked…

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Dusting Off the Old Celestron 6″ SCT
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Dusting Off the Old Celestron 6″ SCT

February 15, 2022 by Hersey

Last night I swapped out the AT66ED with the Celestron 6″ SCT. I purchased this Celestron 6″ SCT OTA second hand back in 2009 or so. The Celestron C6 SCT has an aperture of 6″ (152 mm) and a focal length of…

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