Abstract: An illumination device is described for a monitoring camera with a plurality of light devices, each having a light device axis. The light device axes of the invention, intersect an optical axis of the monitoring camera. The illumination device can have light devices that emit light in the visible range and/or in the near-infrared range.

Abstract: An illumination device is described for a monitoring camera with a plurality of light devices, each having a light device axis. The light device axes of the invention, intersect an optical axis of the monitoring camera. The illumination device can have light devices that emit light in the visible range and/or in the near-infrared range.

Abstract: Cover is described for a monitoring device, especially for a monitoring camera with objectives and a tube enclosing it, as well as an illumination device and/or a motion detector arranged outside of tube. The cover of the invention is designed in one piece and is essentially transparent only to infrared radiation. The cover is preferably designed as a plate-like cover panel, wherein this is connected to tube. By means of this configuration of the cover of the invention for a monitoring device, it is almost invisible to a viewer from the outside and, as a result, well concealed. In addition, because of the good concealment properties of the cover of the invention, large objectives with strong light transmitting capacity could be used for the monitoring camera. In addition, a simplified design is obtained, because of the one-piece structure of cover, wherein the surface facing outward is configured flat.