About the Kiruna allsky 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.
- Coordinates
- 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 orientation
- Real-time all-sky camera data
- Data archive (digital all-sky images).
The second digital all-sky camera (DASC)
- Nikon D700 with a Nikon Nikkor 8 mm 1:2.8 objective lens
- Operated: 2009-09-15 — 2020-04-23
- Image orientation
- Real-time all-sky camera data
- Data archive (digital all-sky images).
The first digital all-sky camera (DASC)
- Operated 2001-12-11 until 2009-09-15
- Primary all-sky camera from 1 March 2004.
- Description of the instrument
- Image orientation
- Real-time all-sky camera data
- Data archive (digital all-sky images).
The old modified FMI-1977 all-sky camera.
- Operated 1977-2004
- Description of the instrument
- Image orientation
- Film readings