The new Pocket CloudWatcher 2 is equipped with all the functions included in its predecessor, the Pocket CloudWatcher.
It is the improved version for cloud detection, measuring sky quality, measuring the temperature, relative humidity, dew point, detecting wind, with GPS location, and all of it accessible from the phone and the PC. Full PC connectivity is integrated as well (ASCOM driver, Windows software, etc).
Features of the Pocket CloudWatcher 2:
- Measure sky quality
- Includes 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi
- Includes GPS
- ASCOM – Alpaca
- Indi – Indigo
- Configurable alarms for each of the readings (1), for the battery level and the data updates (“watchdog” function)
- With PC connection through USB-C connector
- IR sensor – cloud detection
- Relative humidity sensor
- Ambient temperature sensor
- Atmospheric pressure sensor
- GPS
- Wind detection (crude)
- Light sensor: sky brightness expressed in mpsas (mag/arc.sec2)
- “Watchdog” function
- With dichroic UV/IR filter
- Internal rechargeable LIPO battery (*optional)
- Measurements: 71x71x27mm.
- Weight: 85 g.
