Pegasus Astro Uranus Meteo Sensor

Pegasus Astro Uranus Meteo Sensor

This pocket-sized device is an all-around astronomer/astro-photographer companion.

Smaller than the size of a cigarette box, and equipped with a variety of digital sensors, it can precisely report the ambient temperature, humidity, pressure, cloud height, cloud coverage, astronomical daw, twilight time, and the night sky brightness.

The Uranus Meteo Station is housed in a high quality, blue anodized aluminum shell.

Key Features

Digital Environmental Sensors
The device “talks” every second (configurable time interval) with a network of embedded sensors and reports information on screen display.

Digital Readout
Fully digital readout in combination with a red film display makes the control of the device quick and simple. A couple of push-buttons on top of the device allows you to slide from screen to screen and read different sensor metrics.

GPS Location
Uranus Meteo Sensor has an internal GPS receiver able to report:

Accurate GPS Date and Time

Latitude & Longitude

Speed & Bearing

Altitude

Helps to calculate the exact astronomical dawn and twilight time of your place.

Digital Environmental Sensors

The device “talks” every second (configurable time interval) with a network of embedded sensors and reports the following information on the display:

Ambient Temperature (°C or °F)

Relative Humidity %

Dew Point (°C or °F)

Absolute Atmospheric Pressure – Sea Level Pressure (hPa)

Relative Atmospheric Pressure (hPa)

Barometric and GPS (precise) Altitude (m or ft.)

Cloud Coverage % (Cloud Index)

Cloud Temperature

Cloud Height

Measurement of the sky brightness can be achieved if you keep the right button pressed for more than a second:

Visual Sky Brightness (MPSAS, NELM and Bortle Scale)

A highly sensitive digital sensor measures the brightness of the night sky at a 30° angle. You can determine the sky’s brightness within seconds. The device displays three different scales on-screen (magnitudes per arc second², visual mags, lux).

Compare the sky brightness at different sites or documentation of progressive light pollution in your area.

Additional calculations:

Moon Phases

Astronomical Sunrise & Twilight Time based on GPS coordinates

Other Key Features

On Screen Display Menus
The Uranus Meteo Sensor displays all sensor readings on different menus that can be accessed by the two buttons on the top of the handheld device. Imperial or Metric system display can be configured via the Unity platform software.

Memory Banks
The device has an internal memory able to store up to 1000 records. Each record includes all sensor data and GPS coordinates. The software allows, via USB, to view and export all of these data to Unity Platform maps, keeping historic records of visited places.

Handheld or PC
The Uranus Meteo Sensor can be used as a handheld device or plugged via a USB2 cable to your PC or Laptop. The enclosure has two 3 mm holes at the bottom to securely lock the device on your telescope or in your observatory.

GPS Port
A GPS port allows you to output full GPS NMEA messages to a serial device. The pinout is compatible with 10Micron mounts.

Rechargeable Battery
The device has a NiMH rechargeable (through USB-C port) battery pack.

Supported Protocols

ASCOM 6
The Uranus Meteo Sensor fully supports ASCOM 6 observing conditions. Metrics can be easily displayed to imaging software such as SGPro on NINA.

Unity Platform
The Unity Platform allows monitoring and keeping a record of sensor data from day or night. Zoomable and exportable graphs keep a historic record of every observing session.