Atlas
Location Atlas
The world's
93 watch points.
polar · azimuthal
Legend
Book watch point
dot size → success rate
Forecast watch point
ring size → how easily aurora reaches it
auroral oval · a quiet night
Click a point → the map zooms toward it.
Bortle scale
Astronomer John Bortle's light-pollution scale, built on 50+ years of observation: 1–2 is the darkest sky, 8–9 heavy city light. Dark areas in the north generally fall in the 3–5 band.
1 · dark9 · city
17 of 93 locations
Beyond the book —
each point's geomagnetic reach and the Kp it needs.
each point's geomagnetic reach and the Kp it needs.
Coastal viewing (Taiaroa Head, Sandfly Bay).
Kp for a glow
Kp 5
Kp overhead
Kp 7
Geomagnetic lat.
49.5°S
● outside the oval
Hobart
Australia · Oceania
Kp 5+50.0°S
Bruny Island / Cockle Creek
Australia · Oceania
Kp 4+50.0°S
Launceston
Australia · Oceania
Kp 5+48.0°S
Victoria coast (Phillip Island)
Australia · Oceania
Kp 6+46.0°S
South Australia coast (Kangaroo Is.)
Australia · Oceania
Kp 7+44.0°S
Stewart Island / Rakiura
New Zealand · Oceania
Kp 4+51.0°S
Invercargill
New Zealand · Oceania
Kp 5+50.0°S
Dunedin / Otago Peninsula
New Zealand · Oceania
Kp 5+49.5°S
Queenstown / Southland
New Zealand · Oceania
Kp 5+49.0°S
Lake Tekapo (Aoraki Mackenzie)
New Zealand · Oceania
Kp 5+48.0°S
Christchurch
New Zealand · Oceania
Kp 6+47.0°S
Ushuaia / Tierra del Fuego
Argentina · South America
Kp 8+45.5°S
Punta Arenas
Chile · South America
Kp 9+44.0°S
Patagonia (El Calafate)
Argentina · South America
Kp 9+42.0°S
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands · South Atlantic
Kp 9+42.5°S
South Georgia
South Georgia · South Atlantic
Kp 8+44.0°S
South Africa (Cape Point / Hermanus)
South Africa · Africa
Kp 9+42.0°S