David's Astronomy Pages (All Sky Camera)
Aurora on night  2015-04-09 /  2015-04-10

Aurora Notes
Bullet Pictures
Bullet Videos
Bullet Summary Plot
Bullet Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference)
- Aurora display begins at around 1:00am BST on 2015-04-10 and lasted until sky lightened towards dawn.
- Fish-Eye Video could benefit from using reprocessed frames to remove the noise jitter.
Could also benefit from generating a NightSummary5 picture for the night.

Pictures

Panoramic View - Northern Sky
2015-04-10 00:08h UT (01:08h BST, frame #347873)
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2015-04-10 00:37h UT (01:37h BST, frame #347924)
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2015-04-10 01:42h UT (02:42h BST, frame #348035)
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2015-04-10 01:45h UT (02:45h BST, frame #348040)
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2015-04-10 01:49h UT (02:49h BST, frame #348047)
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2015-04-10 02:08h UT (03:08h BST, frame #348080)
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2015-04-10 02:59h UT (03:59h BST, frame #348168)
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  Panorama views converted from original fish eye images
30s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera

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Videos

Video: North panoramic view, 4.45 hour period
2015-04-09 23:00 to 2015-04-10 03:45h UT (00:00 - 04:45h BST), Frames 347756 - 348249.
Link to .mp4 video file (4.7 MB)
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1) Video : Fisheye View (.MP4, 8.4 MB)

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Night Summary Plot

Night Summary Plot (2015-04-09 to 2015-04-10)
Times on plot are local BST times (UT +1 hour)
Aurora can be seen in northern sky between 01:00h and 04:30h
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Magnetometer Stack Plots (for reference)

Magnetometer Stack Plots from Scandinavia (ordered by latitude)
H Component - 2015-04-09 / 2015-04-10
Original data from Tromsų Geophysical Observatory (TGO), DTU Space (Technical University of Denmark) and Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Displayed on SpaceWeatherLive http://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/auroral-activity/magnetometers.

Note: 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  (Map of Stations)
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