AOTEAURORAby AOTEAURORA LIMITED

Available now on Google Play & the App Store

An aurora viewing companion

Know when your sky is worth watching.

Built in New Zealand for aurora chasers worldwide, AOTEAURORA combines space weather, darkness, cloud and moon conditions—then explains what the signals actually mean.

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Commercial application · USD 8.99 · developed and published by AOTEAURORA LIMITED

AOTEAURORA icon showing an aurora over dark hills
What the app considers four-part picture
01Space weatherActivity & direction
02ReachYour location
03Local skyCloud & visibility
04TimingDarkness & moon
SPACE WEATHERLOCAL CONDITIONSPLAIN-LANGUAGE SCIENCEBUILT IN NEW ZEALAND

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Available now on Google Play and the App Store.

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The background

Built south-first.

Most aurora tools answer a space-weather question. AOTEAURORA starts with the practical question a person anywhere actually has: is it worth going outside from here, tonight?

An active Sun is only part of the answer. The aurora also has to reach far enough north, the sky needs to be dark, cloud has to cooperate, and moonlight can change what your eyes or camera will see.

AOTEAROA the place
AURORA the phenomenon
AOTEAURORA the app

How it works

One viewing answer.
Four layers of evidence.

AOTEAURORA turns specialist signals into a practical conditions rating. It does not pretend that a forecast is a guarantee.

01

Read the solar wind

Kp, Bz, field strength, speed and density help describe how much geomagnetic energy may be available.

02

Check whether it can reach

Your location, geomagnetic latitude and the relevant northern or southern auroral oval turn a global event into a locally useful threshold.

03

Look through the atmosphere

Low, middle and high cloud, visibility and haze can decide whether an active aurora is actually observable.

04

Find the dark window

Night length, the Moon and changing conditions are combined to identify the strongest viewing window.

More than a number

See the cause, not just the score.

The app is designed to help curious observers understand the chain from the Sun to the southern sky—not merely show a green or red badge.

  • ↗ Current solar-wind and geomagnetic signals
  • ◌ Southern auroral-oval context
  • ☾ Moon, darkness and cloud together
  • → Best viewing window for tonight
  • ◎ Plain-language science explainers
SIGNAL BOARDWhy conditions change
EXPLAINED
SOLAR WINDEnergy arriving
LOCAL SKYView from the ground
DARKNESSUsable night window

Illustrative interface · not live conditions

The science underneath

Built on trusted public observations.

The app brings several specialist feeds together and interprets them for your selected location worldwide.

01

NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

Solar-wind measurements, geomagnetic information, both auroral ovals and forecast products.

Visit NOAA SWPC
02

GeoNet / Earth Sciences New Zealand

Arrival Heights geomagnetic observations, supplied by Earth Sciences New Zealand under CC BY 4.0, add regional context.

Visit GeoNet
03

MET Norway

Commercially reusable local weather forecasts, including total, low, middle and high cloud layers.

Visit MET Norway

Space-weather data: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. Geomagnetic data: GeoNet, supplied by Earth Sciences New Zealand under CC BY 4.0. Weather data: MET Norway under CC BY 4.0. Solar and lunar geometry is calculated locally. These providers do not endorse or sponsor AOTEAURORA. Third-party observations and forecasts can be delayed, revised or temporarily unavailable.

RELEASE
STATUS

Commercial release

Official information for a paid application.

AOTEAURORA is a commercial application developed, published and operated by AOTEAURORA LIMITED. It is available now on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

USD 8.99base application price
2official app stores
NZviewing context at the centre

Official distribution is through Google Play and the Apple App Store. No direct installation packages are hosted in this support repository.

Questions, problems or feedback?

Official support from AOTEAURORA LIMITED.

Read the troubleshooting guide, report a reproducible issue, or contact the publisher directly.

Open support Read the privacy notice