Topic: AuroraMAX

[Bonk]

AuroraMAX

Canada's northern lights are coming to the rest of the world, thanks to a new webcam being launched by the Canadian Space Agency.

The space agency has teamed up with partners in Yellowknife and Calgary to develop the AuroraMax website for which webcams set up around Yellowknife will capture real-time images of the aurora borealis.

A Canadian Space Agency spokesperson said the AuroraMax live streaming feed would begin after dusk, around 9:30 p.m. MT (11:30 p.m. ET).

A colour "all-sky imager" is the main camera behind the AuroraMax live feed. Two digital cameras with fisheye lenses are also being used on occasion.

Even on cloudy nights, the light-sensitive lens on the all-sky imager should be able to pick up some of the northern lights, said James Pugsley of Astronomy North, one of the AuroraMax partners.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/09/20/auroramax-north-astronomy.html

Looks interesting.    You can play back any particular night in the gallery.

[marstone]

Looks interesting but hey, they are not Canada's northern lights.  I can see them just fine from my vantage point in the states.  But being closer to the North Pole will give a better view for a cam.  So will have to check it out.

[Bonk]

No!! They're all ours! Consider yourself privileged to view them!  (I know, I thought the same thing the way they had it billed)

The neat part is the whole night playback. Not much to see yet as the last two nights were mostly overcast.