Features

Real data.
Not a guess.

Every dashboard pulls from live satellite and ground-station feeds. The same sources aurora researchers watch, made readable.

01 / FORECAST

A score that means something.

No raw Kp index to decode. A single number adjusted to your latitude, and a plain call on what to do tonight.

  • Location-adjusted, not a generic national number
  • Visibility tiers for eye, phone, and camera
  • One-line advice: go now, worth a look, or stay in
  • Advanced View for the full data underneath
FORECAST DASHBOARD
02 / SUBSTORM

Know before it peaks.

A physics-based model reads the magnetic field in real time and estimates the odds of a substorm, and roughly when it will arrive.

  • Real-time likelihood percentage
  • Predicted time window, like 0 to 30 minutes
  • A clear next step when it fires
  • Seasonal context, including the equinox boost
Substorm index, Newell coupling function, and solar wind pressure charts
SUBSTORM INDEX, NEWELL COUPLING AND PRESSURE
Equinox boost and Russell-McPherron effect
EQUINOX BOOST AND THE RUSSELL-MCPHERRON EFFECT
03 / SOLAR

The Sun, tracked all week.

Seven days of X-ray and proton flux history, interplanetary shock detection, sunspot tracking, and custom difference imagery built to reveal detail the raw feeds hide.

  • 7-day X-ray and proton flux history
  • Kyoto Dst index for long storms
  • Shock detection with post-arrival solar wind conditions
  • Instant alerts for M5 and X-class flares
Coronagraphy and difference imagery
CORONAGRAPHY WITH DIFFERENCE IMAGERY
Coronagraphy alternate source
CORONAGRAPHY, ALTERNATE SOURCE
Custom difference imagery
CUSTOM DIFFERENCE IMAGERY
Sunspot tracker
SUNSPOT TRACKER
SUVI solar imagery with difference imaging
SUVI IMAGERY WITH DIFFERENCE IMAGING
04 / CME

Watch it cross 150 million kilometres.

A world-first live 3D model shows coronal mass ejections and high-speed streams in transit, with official agency forecasts alongside for comparison.

  • Interactive 3D view, scrub through time
  • Model individual CMEs from the event panel
  • Coronal hole and HSS visualisation, also a world first
  • Compare against WSA-ENLIL and HUXT models
Coronal hole HSS and CME visualisation
HSS AND CME, VISUALISED TOGETHER
Official CME forecast models
OFFICIAL FORECAST MODELS
High-speed stream visualisation
HIGH-SPEED STREAM IN TRANSIT
05 / SIGHTINGS

What the country is seeing, live.

A community map of aurora sightings across New Zealand, including honest reports of clear skies and nothing visible, which matter just as much.

  • Reports from naked eye, phone, and DSLR
  • Negative reports help calibrate true visibility
  • Over 1,000 mapped locations nationwide
LIVE SIGHTINGS MAP
06 / ALERTS

Quiet until it matters.

Configure exactly which alerts reach your phone, by score threshold, by flare class, or by daily digest.

  • Your own aurora score threshold
  • Alerts for specific flare classes
  • Daily digest by visibility level
  • Built-in self-test if notifications ever go quiet
NOTIFICATION SETTINGS