Automatic survey observations require a high-resolution cloud monitor providing areas of clear sky to a telescope system. A wide-field thermal camera is a powerful tool for monitoring a cloud distribution regardless of scattered lights from the Moon and nearby cities. We developed a compact mid-infrared all-sky monitor using a waterproof camera module with a Ge lens and an 80 x 80-pixel Si-bolometer array for wavelengths from 8 to 12 microns and a magnifying mirror with a diameter of 100 mm. The magnifier has a rotationally symmetrical shape with a round-shaped cross-section, which produces a radially reversed all-sky image without a shade of the camera body. The camera system is equipped with image processing software for coordinate transformation and linearization. In long-term test observations at Kiso Observatory, we confirmed that the system obtains frames of the sky every 60 sec with sufficient sensitivity to discriminate between clear and obscured areas.
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