David's Astronomy Pages (All Sky)

North Sky / Aurora Watch

   
Latest Images:   Northern Sky Panorama
  North Sky Summary
     
Leading Aurora Indicator: Realtime Magnometer 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)
     
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.
  
Previous data >> Video from last night >>
   
>> Pictures/Videos from latest 2024 Aurora Display (2024-09-12) >>
>> Pictures/Videos from major 2024 Aurora Display (2024-05-10) >>
   
  >> Pictures/Videos from earlier bright 2023 Aurora Display (2023-03-23)  >>
   
   >> Pictures/Videos from best Aurora Display (2014-02-27)  >>   [ other past Aurora Displays >> ]

Northern Sky Panorama (Latest)

>> Goto last night's video

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North Sky Summary (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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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 Crooktree, Near Torphins (Chart Explanation) 
 
 
 
 

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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)
 

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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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