Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada · Seasonal
The well-known AuroraMAX all-sky feed; the season runs August to May, and a countdown shows while the camera is off. Credit: Canadian Space Agency, University of Calgary, Astronomy North.
AuroraMAX is an open-licence still camera with a new image every minute in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, run by Canadian Space Agency, University of Calgary, Astronomy North. It is an all-sky camera: a fisheye lens looks straight up, so the whole sky is in the frame and the horizon runs round the edge.
Over many years, aurora shows on about 75% of clear, dark nights at this camera's magnetic latitude (68°). That is a long-term average, not a forecast: tonight's chance is next to the camera.
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada · Seasonal
Colour all-sky camera beside the TREx RGB imager at Fort Smith, on the Alberta border under the auroral oval. Credit: UCalgary.
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada · Seasonal
True-colour scientific all-sky camera; only meaningful after dark. Credit: UCalgary TREx.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada · Seasonal
True-colour scientific all-sky camera; only meaningful after dark. Credit: UCalgary TREx.