Eric's Observatory
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Observatory

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Times are Mountain Time.

All Sky

Updated every minute. North is on the bottom.
Shows a ~ 180° view from the observatory, about 18 feet (5.5 meters) up.
We call the start at the 5 o'clock position at night the Mayhill Star. It's a light on the mountains on the other side of the valley and is the only artificial light I can see from the front of my observatory.

All Sky Timelapse

Updated every morning about 1/2 hour before sunrise, showing the sky from yesterday. Kinda cool to watch the Sun, Moon, clouds, stars, and Milky Way move across the sky.

Mini-Timelapse

Updated every few minutes showing the sky for the last few minutes.

Outside # 1

Updated every minute. Taken from the camera outside the door, looking northwest.
If the picture is in black and white, it was taken at night using infrared lights.

Outside # 1 timelapse

Updated every morning about 1/2 hour before sunrise, showing outside from yesterday.

Outside # 2

Updated every minute. Taken from the camera on a pole behind the observatory, looking more or less South.

Outside # 2 timelapse


Startrails

Updated every morning about 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Polaris is the small line at the bottom left that everything rotates around.
If yesterday was cloudy, the picture is a mess.

Keograms

Updated every morning about 1/2 hour before sunrise.
Shows an overview of the last 24 hours. Each column in the picture is the middle of a single picture taken throughout the day.

Weather Data

Updated every minute.


Output from nearby cloud sensor.


Cloud data from NOAA GOES-East. Updated every half-hour.
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