Aurora Beacon
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About this app
SEE TONIGHT CLEARLY
• Local aurora outlook and visibility guidance
• Separate space-weather signal and real local viewing conditions
• Best viewing window and the main factor helping or limiting your chances
• Recent trends showing how conditions are changing
FOLLOW THE AURORA
• Full aurora visibility map
• Northern and southern aurora views
• Local aurora alerts
• Adjustable alert sensitivity
• Light-pollution and darker-horizon planning
• Viewing spots and Horizon Compass
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING
Follow the story from the Sun to Earth with solar imagery, solar-wind conditions, geomagnetic activity, regional ground observations and solar-event context.
Explore:
• Solar flares and CMEs
• Coronal Hole Watch
• Solar-wind speed and magnetic-field trends
• Kp and geomagnetic observations
• Regional ground-station signals
• Advanced aurora forecast intelligence
PLAN YOUR VIEW
Aurora Beacon combines your local darkness, cloud, Moon conditions, aurora-oval position and space-weather activity to help explain not only whether the aurora may be visible, but why.
Use the light-pollution tools to identify darker horizons and viewing locations away from artificial glow.
COMMUNITY
Contribute aurora observations and build your Observer Passport with achievements, badges and Community reputation.
AURORA BEACON PLUS
The core Aurora Beacon experience remains free.
Aurora Beacon Plus adds deeper Advanced intelligence, Coronal Hole Watch, Solar Events and future outlook alerts.
Aurora forecasting is uncertain by nature. Aurora Beacon is designed to make that uncertainty useful and understandable rather than promise that an aurora will appear.
• Local aurora outlook and visibility guidance
• Separate space-weather signal and real local viewing conditions
• Best viewing window and the main factor helping or limiting your chances
• Recent trends showing how conditions are changing
FOLLOW THE AURORA
• Full aurora visibility map
• Northern and southern aurora views
• Local aurora alerts
• Adjustable alert sensitivity
• Light-pollution and darker-horizon planning
• Viewing spots and Horizon Compass
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING
Follow the story from the Sun to Earth with solar imagery, solar-wind conditions, geomagnetic activity, regional ground observations and solar-event context.
Explore:
• Solar flares and CMEs
• Coronal Hole Watch
• Solar-wind speed and magnetic-field trends
• Kp and geomagnetic observations
• Regional ground-station signals
• Advanced aurora forecast intelligence
PLAN YOUR VIEW
Aurora Beacon combines your local darkness, cloud, Moon conditions, aurora-oval position and space-weather activity to help explain not only whether the aurora may be visible, but why.
Use the light-pollution tools to identify darker horizons and viewing locations away from artificial glow.
COMMUNITY
Contribute aurora observations and build your Observer Passport with achievements, badges and Community reputation.
AURORA BEACON PLUS
The core Aurora Beacon experience remains free.
Aurora Beacon Plus adds deeper Advanced intelligence, Coronal Hole Watch, Solar Events and future outlook alerts.
Aurora forecasting is uncertain by nature. Aurora Beacon is designed to make that uncertainty useful and understandable rather than promise that an aurora will appear.
Know when to look up with local aurora forecasts, alerts and viewing tools.
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- No data shared with third partiesLearn more about how developers declare sharing
- This app may collect these data typesLocation, Personal info and 5 others
- Data is encrypted in transit
- You can request that data be deleted
What’s new
Aurora Beacon is now available on Google Play.
Get a practical local aurora outlook using space weather, darkness, cloud cover, Moon conditions and your location.
This release also includes:
• Aurora visibility maps and alerts
• Solar and space-weather information
• Meteor showers, eclipses, comets and planetary events
• Moon details and viewing guidance
• Performance, stability and usability improvements
Get a practical local aurora outlook using space weather, darkness, cloud cover, Moon conditions and your location.
This release also includes:
• Aurora visibility maps and alerts
• Solar and space-weather information
• Meteor showers, eclipses, comets and planetary events
• Moon details and viewing guidance
• Performance, stability and usability improvements
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About the developer
MR NEIL THOMAS
neil.thomas99x@gmail.com
12 The Square
PEVENSEY BAY
BN24 6SG
United Kingdom
