Sky Cam Alternatives

Sky Cam is described as 'The Sky Cam all sky software has been developed with amateur astronomers in mind. For monitoring the weather at a remote observatory and capturing time lapse images of the cosmos, meteor showers, or the Aurora Borealis' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are five alternatives to Sky Cam for Windows, Linux and Raspberry Pi OS. The best Sky Cam alternative is Wireless Allsky Camera Project, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Sky Cam are AllSkEye, HandyAvi, Meteotux Pi (Free Edition) and UFOCapture.

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    AllSkEye

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    The AllSkEye application is a free, dedicated Windows ‘All-Sky’ imaging app for use with astronomical all-sky cameras. The app will run on any version of Windows from Vista onwards and currently supports Starlight Xpress, ZWO ASI and Altair Astro cameras as well as any camera...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    HandyAvi

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    HandyAvi® software allows you to make time lapse and other types of videos using a digital camera. It works with webcams, video boards, USB/video adapters, IP cameras, and any video recording device with a DirectShow driver.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Meteotux Pi (Free Edition)

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    Meteotux Pi was made for astronomy research. The software records a continuous long exposure stream from a camera ensuring there are no missing frames between exposures and even between produced jpg files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspbian
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    UFOCapture

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    UFOCapture is motion capture software that starts recording on a hard disk drive of a computer from a few seconds before the action recognized to a few seconds after the action finished.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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