NightSight
AI-Powered Night Sky Monitoring on Raspberry Pi
Overview
NightSight is a low-cost, open-source system for long-term night sky observation using a Raspberry Pi and HQ camera.
Features include:
- Automated timelapse capture (10s intervals)
- On-device AI detection of satellites, meteors, aircraft
- Cloud upload + web dashboard
- Light pollution mapping via SQM integration
Hardware
RPi HQ Camera + 16mm Lens
Raspberry Pi 4
PoE HAT, RTC Module