Starlight Xpress Oculus All Sky Camera for Meteor Showers, Weather Conditions ...

The Starlight Xpress Oculus All Sky CCD Camera is a 150 degree coverage all-sky camera. The SONY monohrome sensor offers high quality, low noise images for controlling sky conditions and weather conditions, watching meteor showers and eclipses. The OCULUS is provided with a replaceable, scratch-resistant polycarbonate viewing dome and a satin anodized aluminium body. The camera is USB powered. It comes with an effective anti dew heating system.

OCULUS Features and what you can do with the camera:

all sky camera - perfect for imaging meteor showers, viewing the weather conditions on a remote observatory, imaging the night sky with the Milky Way or eclipses and much more

high quality SONY super HAD interline Grade 1 CCD sensor with low dark current and anti blooming.

very good 2.5 mm f/1.2 fish eye objective lens (150° coverage) for good sharpness in the field.

polycarbonate viewing dome - scratch resistant and replaceable, if needed

anti dew heating system - runs on 12 V DC

can permanently mounted outside without problems

Efficient Lens System:

The lens used in the Oculus is a high quality, multicoated fisheye lens with a 150 degree field of view. With a very high F/1.2 focal ratio, the light gathering capacity of this small lens is incredibly good and imaging the night sky is very simple.

Weatherproofing and Dome Construction:

Permanently mounting electronic equipment outside in all weathers is always a concern. With the Oculus, great care has been taken during the design process to incredibly reduce weather affects on the camera. Four drain holes have been machined into the outer flange at the base of the dome allowing water to simply run off the dome and down the outside of the housing. The housing has a beautiful bead blasted, clear anodised finished which is hardwearing and
looks stunning.

The dome is a quality, highly polished polycarbonate 3” dome with the lens positioned at the optimum point in the dome to ensure there is no diststortion in the star field.

Mounting and Rear Panel:

The Oculus comes with a right angled aluminum tripod bracket to secure it to the side of your dome or building. This has the standard 1/4" tripod thread on the base but can also be easily drilled and adapted for other mounting options.

The USB cable comes fitted to the Oculus and can be extended using powered USB2.0 hubs. The Oculus also has a 2.1 mm power socked in the rear to allow the supplied power supply to connect and power the heaters in the Oculus to ensure the dome does not dew up during.

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