IRF Kiruna all-sky camera
Kiruna, Sweden · Seasonal
The institute's real-time all-sky camera; only meaningful after dark.
IRF Kiruna all-sky camera
Kiruna, Sweden
About this camera
IRF Kiruna all-sky camera is a webcam shown on the operator's own site in Kiruna, Sweden, run by Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF). 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 50% of clear, dark nights at this camera's magnetic latitude (65°). That is a long-term average, not a forecast: tonight's chance is next to the camera.
Sweden's northernmost town, built on mining and now moving because of it. The Icehotel, Esrange space centre and nearby Abisko make it a solid base for an aurora trip.
Near Kiruna the aurora season runs from September to March, when the nights are dark enough. Polar night: The sun stays below the horizon for about three weeks, roughly 11 December to 1 January (our calculation; Visit Sweden gives a broader "early December to early January"); snow, moonlight and a brief blue hour still light the landscape.
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