Mount Raspberry Pi Camera Module to telescope (with sample video of the Moon)

This video show how to connect Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera Module V2 to telescope, with sample video of the Moon at the end of the video.


Parts:
- Raspberry Pi Camera Module (NoIR V2 shown in the video), with original lens removed.
Caution, removing the lens will void your warranty of the camera module.

- CCTV M12 (or S-mount) housing.
Plastic type, have to cut a little bit as shown:

Normally, the center-to-center distance of the mounting holes is 20mm or 22mm, it cannot be installed on Raspberry Pi Camera Module directly. I mount it with one screw on one hole, and fix it with cable tie on the another hole.

- M12 adapter for telescope.
May be it's the most difficult find parts. It have to mach with your telescope.

- Telescope
It's a 10+ years old small telescope (Bosma D = 90mm / f = 1200mm f/13.3)

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Related:
- Saturn@Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera V2/Nikkor AF 300mm f4
- The Moon and Saturn@RPi NoIR Camera V2/Nikkor AF 300mm f4 - 2017-06-08

The Moon and Saturn@RPi NoIR Camera V2/Nikkor AF 300mm f4 - 2017-06-08

Videos of The Moon and Saturn, by Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera V2 with Nikkor AF 300mm f4, at 2017-06-08.




For the setup, refer to the post "Saturn@Raspberry Pi NoIR Camera V2/Nikkor AF 300mm f4".

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reminder:
Saturn is approaching opposite the Sun, at 15 Jun 2017.

This optimal positioning occurs when Saturn is almost directly opposite the Sun in the sky. Since the Sun reaches its greatest distance below the horizon at midnight, the point opposite to it is highest in the sky at the same time.

At around the same time that Saturn passes opposition, it also makes its closest approach to the Earth – termed its perigee – making it appear at its brightest and largest.

~ in-the-sky.org - Saturn at opposition

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Related:
- Mount Raspberry Pi Camera Module to telescope (with sample video of the Moon)

Python to get ssid and IP address

Python example to get the ssid of connected network, and my IP address. Work on both Python 2 and 3.

pyWireless.py

import os

#'\' is used to splite pythone line
ipaddress = os.popen("ifconfig wlan0 \
                     | grep 'inet addr' \
                     | awk -F: '{print $2}' \
                     | awk '{print $1}'").read()
ssid = os.popen("iwconfig wlan0 \
                | grep 'ESSID' \
                | awk '{print $4}' \
                | awk -F\\\" '{print $2}'").read()

print("ssid: " + ssid)
print("ipaddress: " + ipaddress)

remark:
The ssid should have no space, otherwise the parts after space will be missed.

Tested on Raspberry Pi 2 with WiFi dongle.