Uranus Meteo Sensor

This pocket-sized device is an all-around astronomer/astro-photographer companion.

Smaller than the size of a cigarette box, and equipped with a variety of digital sensors, can precisely report the ambient temperature, humidity, pressure, cloud height, cloud coverage, astronomical twilight time, and the night sky brightness.

Store all sensor readouts into internal memory banks. Retrieve and keep historic records of your visited sites.

A highly digital sensitive sensor measures the brightness of the night sky at a 30° angle. You can determine the sky’s brightness within seconds. The device displays three different scales on-screen (magnitudes per arc second², visual mags, lux).

Compare the sky brightness at different sites or documentation of progressive light pollution in your area.

Uranus Meteo Station is housed in high quality, blue aluminum anodized shell.

Digital Sensors

Device “talks” with a network of embedded sensors and reports information on the red screen display.

Memory Banks

All sensor readouts can be easily stored into internal memory with a click of a button.

Retrieve these records from our supplied software and keep historic records of the environmental conditions for the places you have visited.

GPS

Uranus Meteo Sensor has an internal GPS receiver able to report:

  • Accurate GPS Date and Time
  • Latitude & Longitude
  • Speed & Bearing
  • Altitude
  • Helps to calculate the exact astronomical dawn and twilight time of your place.

Digital Environmental Sensors

Device “talks” every second (configurable time interval) with a network of embedded sensors and reports all readouts on the display.

A highly digital sensitive sensor measures the brightness of the night sky at a 30° angle. You can determine the sky’s brightness within seconds. Compare the sky brightness at different sites or documentation of progressive light pollution in your area.

A cloud sensor detemines the cloud coverage % of your night sky.

Temperature

Ambient Temperature

Humidity

Relative Humidity %

Dew Point

The temperature the air needs to be cooled to form water droplets.

Pressure

  • Station Pressure (absolute)
  • Sea Level Pressure (relative)

Altitude

  • Barometric Altitude
  • GPS Altitude (accurate)

Clouds

  • Cloud Coverage %
  • Sky Temperature
  • Cloud Height

Sky Brightness

  • MPSAS
  • Naked eye Limit Magnitude
  • Bortle Scale
  • Lux

Astronomical

  • Moon Phase
  • Moon Age
  • Astronomical Twilight Time

GPS Receiver

  • Accurate Date and Time
  • Latitude and Longitude
  • Bearing
  • Speed

On Screen Display Menus

Uranus Meteo Sensor displays all sensor readings on different menus that can be accessed by the two buttons on the top of the handheld device

  • Imperial or Metric system display can be configured via the Unity platform software

Other Key Features

Memory Banks

The device has an internal memory able to store sensor readouts. Each record includes all sensor data and GPS coordinates. The software allows, via USB, to view and export all of these data to Unity Platform maps, keeping historic records of your visited places.

Handheld or PC

Uranus Meteo Sensor can be used as a handheld device or plugged via a USB2 cable to your PC or Laptop. The enclosure has 2 x 3mm holes at the bottom to securely lock the device on your telescope or in your observatory.

GPS port

GPS port allows you to output full GPS NMEA messages to a serial RS232 protocol device. The pinout is compatible with 10Micron mounts (extra cable required SKU: PEG-URANUS-10MCORD) which also transmits temperature and pressure readouts .

Rechargeable battery

The device has a NiMH rechargeable (through USB-C port) battery pack.

Supported By

ASCOM 6

Uranus Meteo Sensor fully supports ASCOM 6 Observing Conditions. Metrics can be easily displayed to imaging software such as N.I.N.A. or SGPro.

Unity Platform

Unity Platform allows monitoring and keeping a record of sensor data from day or night. Zoomable and exportable graphs keep a historic record of every observing session.

In the Box

1 x Uranus Meteo Sensor

1 x Silicon Protective Case

1 x USB type C cable

Optional Accessories

Uranus GPS Cord for 10Micron Mounts

This cable (RJ9 to RJ11) transmits GPS coordinates, altitude, ambient temperature and barometric pressure readouts to a 10Micron mount. Cable length is 1 meter.

SKU: PEG-URANUS-10MCORD

Technical Specification

Size 105.5 x 55 x 24 mm
Weight 175 grams
Battery NiMH 600mA rechargeable
Communication USB type C socket (also for battery charging)
GPS Output NMEA 6C6P socket (10Micron pinout compatible)
Buttons Two push buttons on top
Reset Button On the side of the device
Power Consumption 3.3V / 60mA during operation, 10μA during sleep
Temperature Sensor -40 to 85°C, Accuracy +- 0.5° C
Humidity Sensor 0 % to 100 % , +-3 % Relative Humidity
Cloud Sensor Infrared Sensor 60° wide
Light Sensor Digital CMOS integrated circuit. Measures visible plus infrared light. 600M:1 Dynamic Range
GPS Module High sensitivity GNSS Module with 88 Channels, Ultra-Low Consumption Fast Positioning
Pressure Sensor Pressure: 300 to 1100 hPa
Operating Temperature -30° to + 60 °C
Operation Digital