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All-sky camera housing

Shem Livai Institute for Astronomy Mentor: Colin Aspin Advisor: Bo Reipurth Home Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa. All-sky camera housing. Funding provided through the Center for Adaptive Optics, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC), AST-987683.

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All-sky camera housing

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  1. Shem Livai Institute for Astronomy Mentor: Colin Aspin Advisor: Bo Reipurth Home Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa All-sky camera housing Funding provided through the Center for Adaptive Optics, a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center (STC), AST-987683

  2. Outline • Intro • Design goals and challenges • Elements of the All-Sky Camera Project • Importance and benefits • Conclusion • Acknowledgments…

  3. Intro • Built three for Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, Cerro Armazones in Chile • Cloud coverage • Collect and store images • Monitor weather conditions

  4. Design Goals and Challenges goals challenges • INEXPENSIVE • Efficient • Withstand altitude • Reliable • Ventilation • Lens fogging • Snow buildup • Wind resistance • Lightning • Water proof

  5. Elements of the All-Sky Camera Project • Camera Hardware • Housing • Operation

  6. Camera Hardware • StellaCam III camera • StellaCam III control box • Controls gain, frame, gamma • Fujinon lens • Automatic iris

  7. Design Process • Brainstorming • Researching and sketching • AutoCAD • Get approval

  8. AutoCAD Drawings

  9. Design Process for Housing • Brainstorming • Researching and sketching • AutoCAD • Get approval

  10. Design Process Cont. 5. Cutting, sanding, polishing, gluing, and bolting • Install camera, lens, sensor, and fans • Wiring

  11. Housing • Junction box • Two fans • Heat sensor • Fish-eye lens • Metal ring • Rubber gasket • Brackets • Spacers and aligner

  12. Finished Products

  13. Operation • Seeing real-time images • Observing cloud coverage • Get 1440 perfect images over a year • No cloud and moon • Take an image every minute

  14. All-Sky Images Clear Night Day Time Cloudy Night Full Moon Night

  15. Importance and Benefits • Better understanding of observing conditions • Clearer images of the night sky • Reliable data for archiving • Accessible to every telescope on Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa and Cerro Armazones in Chile

  16. Conclusion • Planning and brainstorming was important to ensure us that our finishing product would be successful • Team work was the key to success • Gained a lot of real-life experience and knowledge to apply in my future endeavors • Satisfying to see working camera as a result of my work

  17. Acknowledgements… • I would like to thank the following: • Mentor- Colin Aspin • Advisor- Bo Reipurth • Collaborators- Richard Shelton, Nathan Huisman, and Ed Sousa • IfA staff for their hospitality • Akamai interns and coordinators for their support • Center for Adaptive Optics for the opportunity of a life time

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