A wide field (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisheye_lens" class="extiw" title="w:Fisheye lens">Fisheye lens</a>) image of the sky above <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" class="extiw" title="w:Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a> taken by an automated camera at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladd_Observatory" class="extiw" title="w:Ladd Observatory">Ladd Observatory</a>. Depending on the local weather conditions at the time the picture was taken this image might show either stars or cloud cover.  The field of view is about 140 x 90 degrees with north at right, west at bottom, and zenith at center. See the Wikiversity learning resource <a href="https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/en:SkyCam" class="extiw" title="wikiversity:en:SkyCam">SkyCam</a> for more information.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ladd_Observatory" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ladd Observatory"><span title="astronomical observatory at Brown University">Ladd Observatory</span></a>
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<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span><br>  originally from <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://thuban.physics.brown.edu/skycam/">http://thuban.physics.brown.edu/skycam/</a>