Live northern lights camera at Lyngen North in Northern Norway

Live northern lights camera located at the glass igloo hotel Lyngen North in Northern Norway.

How to read the data on screen

Direction
The compass direction in which the main camera is pointed.

Sun alt.
The relative altitude of the sun at Lyngen North

Moon bri.
The moon brightness level. 100% = full moon

DSCOVR read time
The time at which the data from the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) satelite was fetched. The DSCOVR satelite is in orbit at aproximately 1.47 million km away. It will take aproximately 15 - 60 minutes before the solar wind data read from the satelite can be experienced on earth.

Solar wind speed
The solar wind travels at between 250 - 750km/s. It will have an effect on how the aurora will be experienced. The faster the solar wind is, the more intense the dancing of the aurora will be.

Solar wind density
The solar wind density is meassured in particles per cubic centimeter. Typically in the range 1-10. The higher the value the better the aurora experience will be.

Bz
The Bz value measures the direction of the solar wind's magnetic field when it reaches Earth in the z direction. This value is very important as you will normally need this value to be close to zero or negative to get a great display of aurora in the northern hemisphere.

Lyngen North Glass igloo hotel
Lyngen North is located at the Spåkenes peninsula, 3h north of Norway's "northern lights capital" Tromsø. The hotel also features a onsite restaurant with dinner, breakfast and lunch service.

During your stay you may book exciting outdoor activities like dog sledding, snowmobiling, whale safari, snowshoeing and more.

Book your stay at:
https://lyngen-north.com

Plan your journey up north:
https://lyngen-north.com/info/transport

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Allsky camera
The allsky camera used in the project is made from the following the awesome open source project started by Thomas Jacquin: https://github.com/thomasjacquin/allsky

Solar wind data
The open data is delivered from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/re...

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