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Full color night vision cameras can be useful for seeing aurora when the human eye can not. I have a Sionyx Aurora (appropriately named!) that could see red li
by rapjr9 2y ago
Full color night vision cameras can be useful for seeing aurora when the human eye can not. I have a Sionyx Aurora (appropriately named!) that could see red light through light cloud cover when I could see nothing at all myself during the recent aurora. Somewhat expensive though. Maybe security cameras with full color night vision would work well?
https://reolink.com/blog/starlight-ip-cameras-definition-and-application/ https://reolink.com/blog/starlight-ip-cameras-definition-and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8SwkrufNhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8SwkrufNhc
Anyone have any security camera recommendations for capturing aurora?
- Valgrim 2y agoThe simplest capture device you need, you probably own already. A long manual exposure of around 30 seconds will give out magnificent pictures even with the most potato of cameras
- rapjr9 2y agoI was thinking of capturing video, not stills. The changes an aurora goes through are awesome and it happens fast enough that long exposures, while still creating interesting pictures, don't capture any of the fine structure.
- caphector 2y agoI didn’t use a security camera; I built a sky camera. It has a 140 degree fisheye lens with a Pi HQ camera (I might replace the camera). Built a waterproof case and it’s been living on my roof. It recorded the aurora over the SF/Bay Area. Not super spectacular but I was exited. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pkks7PWzpSM https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pkks7PWzpSM