My Multi Meteor Cam Housing A homemade Housing with 400mm Acrylic Dome for 6 Meteor cameras. by Jochen Richert

Why 6 cams in one cabinet? Every time I run in trouble, that one of the housing had water or water vapour in it. It is easier to bring all the cables into one housing. Also heating and ventilation could be controlled easier. Only one maintenance point.

Parts in Pictures All pictures stolen from internet without copyright remarks, so for personal use only ;-)

Component List I tried to use as much as possible parts, which are easily available in Switzerland Housing: elcase.ch – IP65 Thalassa PLS Acryl Dome 400mm (100 to 1000mm) LAN Switch: anel-elektronik.de NET-PwrCtrl HUT, brack.ch 6 Port USB 3.0+ Frame Grabber VC006AUSB driver from Special 5 x Mini Coax Cable and BNC Plugs (hard to find in CH) you can also use 6 standard RG59 or other 75 Ohm video cable. Mainboard: Asus X99-A-USB3.1, i7-5820K Six Core GHz, 16 GB RAM, Ultra fast Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 SSD for OS, 2 x Intel 256 GB SSD for Cams 1,3,5 – 2,4,6, OS = W7x64 You also may need a PS, CPU Cooler and a PC housing. Watec 902 H2 Ultimate Computar TG3Z2910FCS-IR Software: Startup Delayer for delayed startup of UFO capture

The Cabinet

First positioning of the parts

A bit more structured

My daughter with the nearly finished housing.

On the roof… First Test Setup on a special mount on the roof of my house.

The housing on the roof

The Cam Server in a 19 inch Rack Cabinet, USV buffered.

The final setup ?

Groundmap of the 6 Cams