The sky, live
Cameras pointed at the sky all over the world: all-sky meteor cameras, astronomical observatories and live video streams. The map shows where it is night right now. See something unusual? Write down the exact time and the camera.
AllSky7 all-sky cameras Observatories Live video
Live video streams
Broadcast by their owners on YouTube. A stream may stop: it then disappears from this page until it resumes.
Maunakea West, from CFHT (Hawaii) · YouTube, Asahi Astro LIVE Maunakea East, from Subaru (Hawaii) · YouTube, Asahi Astro LIVE ALMA, Atacama Desert (Chile) · YouTube, Asahi Astro LIVE Kiso Observatory (Japan) · YouTube, Asahi Astro LIVE Kōzushima Dark Sky Island (Japan) · YouTube, Asahi Astro LIVE Yamatsuri, Fukushima (Japan) · YouTube, Asahi Astro LIVE Earth from the International Space Station · YouTube, NASA Cape Canaveral launches, live (Florida) · YouTube, NASASpaceflight
Why it matters
Most strange lights turn out to be meteors, satellites (Starlink trains), re-entries or rocket launches. Cameras watching the sky around the clock make it possible to check: soon, every sighting report will be cross-checked against detections from nearby networks.
Where these images come from
- AllSky7 Fireball Network: about 150 stations with 7 cameras each, mostly in Europe, filming the whole sky to detect fireballs. Images shared for non-commercial use, credited to their owners.
- Global Meteor Network (GMN): nearly 1,900 volunteer cameras worldwide that compute meteor trajectories. Their positions can be shown on the map; their data will be used to check sighting reports (CC BY 4.0 licence).
- Observatories: ESO (Chile) and CFHT (Hawaii), which allow their images to be reused with credit.