[Timelapse] Submission 142717 – Chester Hall-Fernandez

Recently I built an all-sky camera for Mount John Observatory for one of my engineering projects with the University of Canterbury. In no less than a month, we had one of the strongest auroral displays in 20-odd years. Many people were out photographing the aurora that night, but there were very few videos that captured the whole event. I built the all-sky primarily for the observers who work at the observatory, so that they can monitor clouds during their observing runs with the telescopes. Many hours were spent working towards funding, building and tuning the all-sky system so it was incredibly rewarding seeing it take such