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Pi Gazing is a project to build meteor cameras using Raspberry Pi

Pi Gazing

The Raspberry Pi computer analyses the video feed in real time to search for moving objects, recording the tracks of shooting stars, as well as satellites and aircraft. We also see rarer phenomena: lightning strikes, fireworks, and Iridian flares, caused by glints of light from solar panels on spacecraft. These are used by the software to determine the direction the camera is pointing in, as well as to calibrate any distortions which may be present in the lens used.

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