Preparation is everything in your search for Northern Lights.

Whether you have never seen the Aurora or are a seasoned expert, one thing is for sure: Northern Lights will never get off your bucket list! Once you experience their magic you will want to spend more nights outside in search of this spectacular ever changing natural phenomenon.

See the Aurora Scout App as the Swiss army knife for Northern Lights hunting. It tries to bundle as much relevant information as possible while keeping the interface compact and dark enough to use under extreme conditions. The last thing you want to do is take your gloves off at -40° in order to scroll back and forth through large amounts of data or lose your night vision because your screen lights up like a Christmas tree.

The app is intended for anyone interested in catching a good display and serves beginners, experienced enthusiasts as well as professional guides.

A limited featureset is available in the Free version. As soon as you want to dive deeper into the art of Northern Lights forecasting you can subscribe to the Premium version which will expand your possibilities.

As privacy is important the app does not contain any 3rd party tracking or advertisements and is only monetized through the Premium version.

Appearance (Basic and Premium):

  • Summarized forecasts of real-time satellite data
  • Easy to understand colors, red=bad, green=good
  • Dark interface, preserving much of your night vision
  • Everything in local time! No more brain breaking conversions
  • Explanations of relevant terminology and science
  • No advertisements or hidden monitization

Basic features (free):

  • Rounded real-time satellite data per 5 minutes
  • Automatic data reload: 5 minutes
  • Manual data reload permitted after 2 minutes
  • Clear indication of Solar Wind arrival time
  • Sun and Moon rise and set times (based on location)
  • Estimation of sky darkness (based on location)
  • Moon visibility and illumination percentage (based on location)
  • Manual location selection (good for privacy and planning)
  • GPS based current location selection
  • Image of the Auroral Oval
  • Image zoom
  • Links to external localized weather services

Premium features (paid):

  • All Basic features
  • Real-time data with full accuracy (no rounding)
  • Single minute real-time data
  • Automatic data reload: 2 minutes
  • Manual data reload permitted after 30s
  • Additional real-time data like Bx, By, Bt, Pressure and Flux
  • Images are relative to the current Solar Wind speed
  • Images of the Sun (sunspots and coronal holes)
  • Images of Solar wind models (ENLIL)
  • Moon angle and direction (based on location)
  • Estimation of sky darkness towards the horizon (based on location)
  • Twilight transition times (based on location)
  • Current ETA in minutes
  • Solar Wind travel time
  • Active satellite for real-time data

Web-based App

A web-based version of the app can be found at https://app.aurorascout.com

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