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Aurora Forecast Rocketeer
Based on user feedback a new simplified version of the Aurora Forecast app is published today on Apple App Store (iOS) and Google Play (Android).
The aim is to provide an easy-to-use app with focus on auroral forecasting using only your phone location sensor.
New feature is virtual space travel by rocket to other planets in the solar system.
Note that the old 3D app will still be updated.More info and computer downloads here. July 14, 2023
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12 years in service!
Version 8.5 of our Aurora Forecast 3D app is now published in Google Play (Android) and App Store (iOS).
The work to provide a free of charge mobile auroral forecast service dates back to 2011. It is now downloaded more than 100K+ and is rated above 4 on a 5-point rating scale.
More info and computer downloads here. June 2, 2023
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Long-range hyperspectral shooting
An experiment to test out telescopes as front optics to our Hyper Spectral Imager version 6 (HSI v6) has started. The aim is to improve the spatial resolution and evaluate a possible design for the next generation HYPSO-3 satellite.
Goto experiment.
April 25, 2023
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Extraterrestrials?
FMI is dedicated to operating their BACC #4 camera at Muonio until the very end of the optical season. They do not want to miss a single aurora event even! See image of unexpected guest inspecting the all-sky camera lens
here.
April 1, 2023
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Star visit
Irish star comedian and UK television presenter Dara Ó Briain has visited our observatory.
Katie and Lisa turned the aurora ON, and Dara reported from the roof of KHO that is was a brilliant
light show!
See tweet here.
Januar 29, 2023
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HYPSO-1 First publication!
The first scientific paper with data from our hyperspectral imager onboard the HYPSO-1 satellite is now published in
Remote sensing. The satellite is one of the smallest of its kind performing ocean spectral
scanning with high signal to noise characteristics.
Read paper.
Januar 28, 2023
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Instrumental boost
Several new groups and instruments have finally joined the observatory after the pandemic.
Two high-end interferometer systems, a single wavelength all-sky camera,
a Near-InfraRed (NIR) spectrometer, a NIR camera and a GNSS receiver have been installed successfully.
See below links for further information.
Januar 10, 2023
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| # | New instruments | Group |
| 1 | The Hot Oxygen Doppler Imager (HODI) | NJIT |
| 2 | Fabry Perot Interferometer (FPI) | PRIC |
| 3 | Single-wavelength Auroral Imager (SAI) | PRIC |
| 4 | Near InfraRed Aurora and airglow Spectrograph - 2 (NIRAS-2) | NIPR |
| 5 | Near InfraRed Aurora Camera (NIRAC) | NIPR |
| 6 | Global Navigation Satellite Systems receiver (GNSS) | UCB |