{"id":708,"date":"2017-05-02T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T16:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/?p=708"},"modified":"2017-05-02T16:04:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T16:04:53","slug":"auroracam-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/","title":{"rendered":"AuroraCam update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we blogged about back in <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2016\/03\/30\/aurorawatch-camera\/\">March last year<\/a>, AuroraWatch UK received funding to build an all-sky camera. Today, we have some news to share with you about it!<\/p>\n<p>For the past couple of weeks, we have been running a dedicated AuroraWatch UK camera from the roof of our home: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/physics\/\">Department of Physics<\/a> at Lancaster University.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSJilN8hrsp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSJilN8hrsp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BSJilN8hrsp\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">The new #aurora cam is installed! We&#39;ll be sharing photos of the night sky, and hopefully aurora, soon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aurorawatchuk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> AuroraWatch UK<\/a> (@aurorawatchuk) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2017-03-27T16:56:41+00:00\">Mar 27, 2017 at 9:56am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although this isn&#8217;t the best place to have the camera (we suffer from restricted views to the south and light pollution from the University) it has allowed easy access for testing. While the photos aren&#8217;t as good as those we expect to get when we move to a field site away from the University (and hopefully a little further north), we have still been able to capture some lovely images. Take a look at a few below.<\/p>\n<p>To help orientate you, these images are called &#8220;all-sky&#8221;. They capture an almost complete 360 view of the night sky. To the left of the image is north; to the right is south. To the top is west; to the bottom is east.<\/p>\n<h2>ISS capture<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_796\" style=\"width: 1032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-796\" data-attachment-id=\"796\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/iss\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/iss.gif?fit=1022%2C686\" data-orig-size=\"1022,686\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;An International Space Station pass, taken on the 1st April 2017, is captured on AuroraWatch UK&amp;#8217;s all-sky auroracam.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/iss.gif?fit=300%2C201\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/iss.gif?fit=700%2C470\" class=\"size-full wp-image-796\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/iss.gif?resize=700%2C470\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An International Space Station pass, taken on the 1st April 2017, is captured on AuroraWatch UK&#8217;s all-sky auroracam.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That moving white streak to the right-hand side of the picture is the Internation Space Station flying by. We captured this on the 1st April 2017. The big bright light near the top is the Moon.<\/p>\n<h2>The Plough<\/h2>\n<p>Click on the images to enlarge.<br \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:187,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-708 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/plough-1\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?fit=700%2C470\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?w=3096 3096w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?resize=300%2C202 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?resize=768%2C516 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C688 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?w=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-attachment-id=\"848\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-1.jpg?fit=700%2C470\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/plough-2\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?fit=700%2C470\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?w=3096 3096w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?resize=300%2C202 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?resize=768%2C516 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C688 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?w=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" data-attachment-id=\"849\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/plough-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?fit=3096%2C2080\" data-orig-size=\"3096,2080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"plough 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?fit=300%2C202\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/plough-2.jpg?fit=700%2C470\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nOn a clear starry night, the Plough (or Big Dipper) is clearly visible (see blue outline in second photo if you&#8217;re a bit lost!).<\/p>\n<h2>A sunny day in Lancaster<\/h2>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_803\" style=\"width: 3106px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-803\" data-attachment-id=\"803\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/05\/02\/auroracam-update\/latest\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?fit=3096%2C2080\" data-orig-size=\"3096,2080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"latest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A (rare) sunny day in Lancaster!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?fit=300%2C202\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?fit=700%2C470\" class=\"size-full wp-image-803\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?resize=700%2C470\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?w=3096 3096w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?resize=300%2C202 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?resize=768%2C516 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?resize=1024%2C688 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/files\/2017\/04\/latest.jpg?w=2100 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A (rare) sunny day in Lancaster!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nA rare sunny day in Lancaster. This sunny day highlighted a small issue where some text on the camera lens can be seen in a reflection on the dome. As a result, we&#8217;re going to paint over the text with black paint. Simple but (hopefully) effective!<\/p>\n<h2>What next?<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re planning on moving the camera to another spot in the University with a less restricted view and, hopefully, a little less light pollution. We will also probably add a small heater to try and keep condensation of the dome.<\/p>\n<p>We will also soon be adding a real-time view from the camera on our <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/aurorawatchuk\/2017\/03\/21\/new-aurora-map\/\">aurora map<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we blogged about back in March last year, AuroraWatch UK received funding to build an all-sky camera. Today, we have some news to share with you about it! 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