LIVE AURORA FORECAST FOR NEW ZEALAND

Know before
the sky tells you.

Spot The Aurora turns raw solar wind and satellite data into one clear number: your chance of seeing the aurora, tonight, from where you're standing.

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WHAT IT DOES

Everything you'd chase
the aurora with, in one place.

Six live dashboards, built from the same satellite and ground-station data the professionals watch.

Forecast Score

One number, adjusted for your exact latitude, plus a plain-language call: go now, worth a look, or stay in.

Substorm Prediction

A physics-based model gives you a likelihood and a time window before activity peaks — not just after it happens.

Solar Activity

X-ray flux, proton flux, and flare history over 7 days, with alerts the moment an M or X-class flare erupts.

3D CME Visualization

Watch coronal mass ejections travel from the Sun toward Earth in an interactive model, built frame by frame.

Live Sightings Map

See what others are reporting right now, from naked-eye displays to camera-only glows, across New Zealand.

Notifications you choose

Get pinged only for what matters to you — a score above your threshold, or an X-class flare. Nothing else.

INSIDE THE APP

A closer look.

Straight from the live app — solar imagery, forecasting, and 3D modeling.

3-day aurora forecast with sun and moon visualization
3-Day Forecast
Substorm index, Newell coupling, and solar wind pressure charts
Substorm Prediction
Interactive 3D CME visualization
3D CME Visualization
SUVI solar imagery with difference imaging
SUVI Difference Imagery
Coronal hole HSS and CME visualization
Coronal Hole & CME
Equinox boost, Russell-McPherron effect chart
Equinox Boost Effect

No app store. No install.
Just open it and look up.

Spot The Aurora runs right in your browser and installs to your home screen in one tap.

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