Welcome!
We are a team of scientists and citizen scientists, all united by a shared passion for the aurora! Together, in the Auroral Research Coordination: Towards Internationalised Citizen Science (ARCTICS) group, we’ve combined our expertise to create two valuable resources for the aurora community.
In this repository, you will find two key resources designed to support citizen scientist involvement in aurora research:
- Aurora Field Guide: A visual guide to different auroral forms, helping you identify various types of aurora in your own photographs.
- Aurora Handbook: A detailed guide explaining how to capture aurora images for scientific research, submit your photos, and understand how collaborations with scientists can contribute to new discoveries.
These guides are available to you free of charge, and we hope that you enjoy them! Happy aurora hunting from the ARCTICS team!
Click here to access the Field Guide and Handbook online.
PDF versions can also be directly downloaded here:
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Both guides are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).