Player One All-Sky Kit 2.5mm
- Designed for All-Sky Monitoring
- Extremely Wide, Fish-Eye Field of View
- Optimized for select Player One CMOS sensors
- Direct C-mount or CS-mount Connection
- Ideal for Meteor Showers and Weather Tracking
The Player One ALL-SKY 2.5 KIT is a dedicated lens designed to capture the entire visible sky in a single frame. It is built for continuous, unattended monitoring of meteorological events, meteor showers, or large-scale auroral displays when paired with a compatible Player One camera.
This lens provides an extremely wide, horizon-to-horizon field of view, making it ideal for applications where situational awareness of the entire sky is critical. Instead of tracking a single object, you can record the movement of clouds, the paths of fireballs, or the shifting patterns of the aurora across the celestial sphere.
The ALL-SKY 2.5 KIT is engineered to work perfectly with Player One cameras built around specific sensor formats. It is a confirmed match for the following models, ensuring the sensor is fully illuminated to achieve the maximum possible field of view.
The ALL-SKY 2.5 KIT is designed for all-sky imaging and monitoring. Its purpose is to capture a fish-eye view of the entire sky to record events like meteor showers, auroras, cloud patterns, and satellite passes without needing to point a telescope.
This lens is specified to work perfectly with the Player One Neptune-M, Neptune-C, and Neptune-C II cameras. It is designed for their sensor format to provide an expansive, unvignetted view.
You would attach the ALL-SKY 2.5 KIT directly to a compatible camera, such as a Neptune-C II. Mount the camera in a weatherproof housing pointing straight up (to the zenith). Then, run a continuous video capture or a sequence of still images throughout the night to record any meteors that cross the field of view.
Yes. The lens is perfectly suited for daytime meteorological use. It can be used to create time-lapses of cloud formations, storm development, and other atmospheric phenomena, providing a complete view of the sky from a fixed position.
No, it is a standalone lens. It attaches directly to the C-mount or CS-mount threads on the front of a compatible astronomy camera, replacing a telescope entirely for this specific wide-field application.
The ALL-SKY 2.5 KIT provides an extremely wide, fish-eye perspective. It is capable of capturing the majority of the sky from horizon to horizon in a single shot, which is the defining characteristic of an "all-sky" lens.