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.
Only during extreme G4–G5 events (documented May 2024, Nov 2025). Face south, low horizon.
Kp for a glow
Kp 9
Kp overhead
Kp 9
Geomagnetic lat.
42.0°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