Last Modified:- 26 November 2011 18:51:59.
 
 

Instrumentation & Infrastructure

A quick guide to how the observatory works.

The observatory is centred around an ALIX 2D2 embedded computer running Voyage Linux, a derivative of Debian Linux.

Each of the sensors is either linked directly to the computer or via other hardware. A combination of open source software and bespoke scripting is used to read, process and present data.

Every Two Minutes: A new image is captured, annotated and stored.

Every Ten Minutes: All data is captured for the sensors and cameras. This is then processed, graphed and uploaded to the web host.

Currently, it is a manual process to upload images captured by the DVR motion detector - work on how best to automate this is currently being investigated!

The following software and/or information has been used to setup the observatory and website. I would like to express my thanks to the authors who have kindly put it in the public domain.



About This Website

SKYOBS is the website of an amateur research observatory located on top of a shed in a small back garden, in the centre of the United Kingdom!

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