Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera Telescope
The camera is compatible with most raspberry pi single board computers from the original pi 1 model b onward the so called high quality camera features a 12 3 megapixel sony imx477 sensor.
Raspberry pi high quality camera telescope. This device uses a sony imx477r 12 3 megapixel sensor and offers more camera control. A 12 3 megapixel sony imx477r sensor on the raspberry pi high quality camera offers significantly more pixels than the 8 mp pi camera v2 the previous first party module which will remain on sale. Raspberry pi high quality camera. I originally put this on an old tasco refractor with a 1 eyepiece.
The hq camera module has a 12 3 mp back illuminated sony imx477 sensor with 1 55x1 55 micrometer pixels. Introducing the raspberry pi high quality camera. This is also my first go at astrophotography. I have made two other raspberry pi based camera projects before.
This adapter lets you connect a raspberry pi camera to a telescope. The raspberry pi high quality hq camera can easily mount to a telescope using a 1 25 inch c mount adapter. According to john the telescope features automatic tracking that can be used to follow the gas giant but there may be ways to implement tracking using the raspberry pi instead. The printed circuit board of the new camera is 38mm x 38mm larger than the previous cameras and so we have designed a 3d printed adaptor to accommodate the new form factor.
This my third camera idea is my first raspberry pi zero project. Raspberry pi high quality camera. The bracket holds a pi zero. Spurred on by the recent supermoon i wanted to get my brother s old celestron firstscope 70 eq back into service.
Review specs and where to buyupdate your pi project with high quality images. The raspberry pi foundation have just released a new high quality camera. New raspberrypi hq camera. I had a raspberry pi camera and a b board kicking around from a previous.
There are two mounting options one for inexpensive telescopes with 1 eyepieces and another for 1 25 eyepieces that are common on more expensive models. 12 3 megapixel sony imx477 sensor 7 9mm diagonal image size and back illuminated sensor architecture with adjustable back focus and support for c and cs mount lenses. Later i added parts to mount to a meade reflector with a 1 25 eyepiece. Over the past 10 or so years the eyepieces have all.