Future directions

We are keen for more people to get involved in developing Pi Gazing.

If you're an amateur astronomer we'd be very keen for you to install your own camera using our software.

If you're a coder with an interest in visualising the data we've collected or improving our image analysis, there's also a lot that could be done here.

Code projects

If you think you might want to code something cool with our data you've got two options:

1. You could write some Python code to search the database and do things with the results.

   The module pigazing_helpers.obsarchive.obsarchive_db provides lots of functions for searching for events in our database.

2. You could extend our web interface. The source for this is at src/observatory_website, which contains a PHP based search interface.

Coming soon!

Projects that we hope to have working soon include:

• Triangulation of flying objects. We can track the paths of objects across the fields of view of our cameras, and we can determine the physical orientation of our cameras. So when objects are seen simultaneously by more than one camera, we are extremely close to being able to triangulate the object's 3D position and speed.

  It will be cool to be able to work out the altitude where meteors are burning up in the atmosphere, and to track the orbits of satellites such as the ISS.

  Currently we have a script to do this, but it doesn't work very well and Dominic needs to find some time to debug it.

• Lots more educational projects. We want kids to learn about the night sky using Pi Gazing. To do this, we need lots more activities for them, described here.