FMI-1977 all-sky camera

Film readings for the FMI-1977 all-sky camera The so called film-readings (or all-sky camera summary tables) are manually created by viewing the photographic records which are made on 16mm colour film at a typical rate of one frame per minute. Data is recorded at higher frame rates (up to six frames per minute) during selected…

About the Kiruna allsky cameras

Welcome to the Kiruna All-Sky Cameras All-sky cameras has operated in Kiruna since the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. A digital all-sky camera has been in operation since 2001. Location: 67° 50’26.588″N, 20° 24’40.045″E, 425m above MSL The third digital all-sky camera (DASC) Sony α7s with a Nikon Nikkor 8 mm 1:2.8 objective lens Operated: 2020-08-17…

Urbans testsida

qwe test 123 Welcome to the Kiruna All-Sky Cameras All-sky cameras has operated in Kiruna since the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. A digital all-sky camera has been in operation since 2001. Location: 67° 50’26.588″N, 20° 24’40.045″E, 425m above MSL   The third digital all-sky camera (DASC) Sony α7s with a Nikon Nikkor 8 mm 1:2.8…

Kiruna All Sky Camera

Kiruna All Sky Camera All-sky cameras has operated in Kiruna since the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958. A digital all-sky camera has been in operation since 2001. Location: 67° 50’26.588″N, 20° 24’40.045″E, 425m above MSL The third digital all-sky camera (DASC) Sony α7s with a Nikon Nikkor 8 mm 1:2.8 objective lens Operated: 2020-08-17 — Image…

Information for visitors to the Space Campus and IRF in Kiruna

Information for visitors to the Space Campus and IRF in Kiruna Tourist information (Kiruna Lapland) Map showing the whereabouts of IRF and the Space Campus in Kiruna. Bus timetable: http://ltnbd.se/tidtabeller/ (Linje 501, Jukkasjärvi-Kiruna; other buses that pass the Space Campus are Kiruna – Pajala – Övertorneå – Haparanda (linje 50, 51, 53, 54) and Kiruna – Gällivare…

Swedish space technology ready to explore oceans under the ice on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede

Swedish space technology ready to explore oceans under the ice on Jupiter’s moon Ganymede

Now the first of two Swedish-led Jupiter instruments has left the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) to take its place on the European spacecraft JUICE. The Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation instrument (RPWI) will measure electric and magnetic fields to identify and map the oceans beneath the frozen ice cover of the moon Ganymede….

Postdoctoral or Guest Scientist positions in space physics (ref nr: 2.2.1-219/20)

Applications are invited for investigation of electron dynamics in a cometary plasma environment. The work involves analysis and interpretation of Rosetta plasma data at comet 67P. Our team performs observations, data analysis and modelling of space plasma processes (www.space.irfu.se). As one of the Rosetta PI teams we have very good collaborations within the comet plasma…