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Latest Images & Video :   Northern Sky Panorama and recent video
  North Sky Keogram Charts
   Magnetometer Charts
     
Leading Aurora Indicator: Realtime Magnetometer Stack Plot - Norwegian Stations
     
Other Data (from Web:) Aurora Forecast (NOAA/Ovation)
  Current Geomagnetic Activity (UK) | Planetary K-Index
   UK K indices and global Kp (BGS/NERC)
     
Videos from last night North Cam Videos
   
More data North Panorama Video from last night on All Sky (Latest) Page >>
   
Other data >> Pictures/Videos from Latest Good Display (2025-04-03)  >>
>> Pictures/Videos from New Years Day Display (2025-01-01)  >>
   
>> Pictures/Videos from major 2024 Aurora Display, 2024-05-10  >>  & 2024-09-12 >>
   
   >> Pictures/Videos from best Aurora Display (2014-02-27)  >>   [ other past Aurora Displays >> ]
   
Notes:
 		 Images show current/recent sky conditions from my observatory unless imaging has
failed or is otherwise offline.  Updates are only operational between sunset and sunrise.
   

Northern Sky Panorama and Recent Video (Latest)

 
Latest 3 hour video
Link to .mp4 video file (normally c. 0.8-1.3 MB)
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>> Goto last nights colour video
>> Goto last night's b/w video

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North Sky Keogram Charts (Latest)

Plot below is either the latest live plot for the current night or the final plot from last night (depending on the current time)
 - plot is only updated between sunset and sunrise   (see Prior North Sky Summary Plot )
 - live plots may be up to 15 mins old depending on the time of the last automatic upload to website

 
 

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Magnetometer Charts

Graphs below show activity and magnetogram charts produced by the Observatory's new Geomagnetic Station for the latest 24 hour period.

Due to an ongoing issue when running the Y Axis Magnetometer, magnetometer readings are prone to sudden anomalous spikes
and give False Alarms on the Activity Plots.   The spikes are usually obvious but they can lead to orange or red alert bars on the activity plot. Do not rely on them (i.e. don't go outside to look for Aurora) without consulting other data sources.

Data

   

Graph (24 hours)

  
Magnetometer Activity  
   
Magnetometer Activity  
   
Magnetogram  
       
Latest Sam Chart
   
   

 - values may be up to 10-15 mins old depending on the time of the last automatic upload to website).

See also Geomagetic Station (Observatory Status page) for additional charts.

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Realtime Magnetometer Stack Plot - Norwegian Stations

Magnetometer Stack Plots from Scandinavia (ordered by latitude)
Geomagnetometer activity at rvk (Rorvik, 64.95N), dob (Dombas, 62.07N), sol (Solund, 61.08N) and kar (Karmoy, 59.21N) stations are used as indicators for potential auroral activity that may be visible from my Observatory situated at latitude 57.32N
Data from Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Tromsų Geophysical Observatory (TGO) &  DTU Space (Technical University of Denmark)
(Data site : Tromsų Geophysical Observatory - Geomagnetic Data,  See Map of Geomagnetic Stations )

[ If Image below is blank try here ]




See also StackPlot of European Magnetometer Stations on SpaceWeatherLive
 http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/magnetometers   

 

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Aurora Forecast (NOAA/Ovation)

  
 
 

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Current Geomagnetic Activity (UK)

SAMNET's magnetometer at Sumburgh, Shetland Is. (Chart Explanation) 
 
 
 
SAMNET's magnetometer at Crooktree, Near Torphins
https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/plots/?project=samnet&site=crk2&date=rolling
 
 

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Planetary K-Index

Estimated 3 hour Planetary K-Index (NOAA)
(K indices of 5 or greater indicate storm-level geomagnetic activity around earth)
 
Previous planetary-k-index.gif picture is no longer available due to changes in how NOAA now present the graphic data. Graph has to be accessed through
web app at https://swpc-drupal.woc.noaa.gov/products/planetary-k-index.

Alternative picture is Station K Index file (from https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/images/station-k-index.png )
 
Planetary K-Index and other information (Space Weather Prediction Centre)
https://services.swpc.noaa.gov/

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UK K indices and global Kp (BGS/NERC)

Picture with last 7 days data including the Lerwick site (https://geomag.bgs.ac.uk/images/kandkp_bar.jpg)

from BGS's UK Current Geomagnetic activity website (https://geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/current_activity.html)
 
10 day plots : Kp, Hp30 & Hp60 plots (Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences)

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North Sky Videos

Videos below show the North Sky from i) latest night and from ii) night prior to that, and cover the period whilst the sun is below -8° altitude.
Videos are taken with Tapo C325WB Colour Night Vision Camera and are replaced each morning by the latest video.

Latest NorthCam Night Video 
(taken with Tapo C325WB Colour Night Vision Camera ) - using video-controls2.js
link to .mp4 video file  (normally 10-16 MB)
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>> Goto last night's b/w video from AllSky Camera
 
NorthCam Prior Night Video 
using video-controls3.js
link to .mp4 video file  (normally 10-16 MB)
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North Sky Summary - prior night

Picture below is the north sky summary plot from the night before last.
 - The plot is replaced each day around sunset  as a new night plot is started.  (see Latest North Sky Summary Plot )

 

 

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