Citizen Scientist – e-POP on CASSIOPE

CASSIOPE Citizen Science:
Run your own experiment on a space weather satellite!

How it Works

Fill out the form below and pick an experiment you’d like to run.
Each week the CASSIOPE operations team at the University of Calgary will select up to five Citizen Scientist experiments to run on the spacecraft.
If your experiment is selected you will be contacted with the details of when it will take place.
Once the experiment is complete you will be sent a link to the data and an expert’s interpretation of the data.

CASSIOPE Citizen Scientist Experiment Form

Experiment Name

Your Name

Email Address

Confirm Email Address

Select your favorite experiment below, fill in any details, and hit the “Submit My Experiment!” button below. Good luck!

Image the Aurora

Take a video of the Aurora Borealis or Aurora Australis in infrared wavelengths with the Fast Auroral Imager. Available locations depend on the time of year (it’s not dark enough to see the aurora in the summer at high latitudes). Select your desired location from the drop box.

Location

Take a Picture of Your City

With a 70 mm lens and a 0.065 megapixel sensor, CASSIOPE’s Fast Auroral Imager can’t zoom into your kitchen from space, but it can see cities at night. Let us know where you are and we’ll see if we can get a picture of your area!

Your Latitude (deg)

Your Longitude (deg)

To get your latitude and longitude, open a Google Map over your city, right click the map and select “What’s here?”

Ions in Space

Want to know what kind of ioniozed particles are bewteen 325 and 1300 km altitude above the Earth? CASSIOPE’s Ion Mass and Velocity Analyzer can tell you. Pick a location and we’ll see what’s up there!

Location

Earth’s Magnetic Field

e-POP’s Magnetic Field Instrument can measure Earth’s magnetic field in space. Pick a location and we’ll show you what it looks like there.

Location