The Pi cameras might seem like a good choice because they're cheap, and might be a good way to start. But with all of the work required to build, install, and

The Pi cameras might seem like a good choice because they're cheap, and might be a good way to start. But with all of the work required to build, install, and maintain one, the cost of the camera is a drop in the bucket. I used a much better camera from ZWO (ASI462MC) for about $300 (I actually ended up building a second one with the ASI462MM (monochrome)). It even comes with an all sky lens. IMHO it doesn't make a lot of sense to cheap out on the camera with all the effort involved in building one. I also needed to add a short length of Nichrome wire (1amp at 12v) to fight condensation. I started with the color camera, but had to give up on any real meteor detection due to the amount of light pollution, and the fact that I live directly in line with the airport in Louisville. I built the second monochrome version, since the monochrome versions are roughly 3x as sensitive, hoping it'd be better at detecting meteors at shorter exposure lengths. But it still required exposures of a few seconds, much longer that you're typical meteor. So, now I just have two all sky cameras doing 20 second exposures. The monochrome one will still pull out the Milky Way from my Bortle 7/8 skies, so I just like the pictures it takes and don't plan to change it.