Aurora Forecast 3D

The Aurora Forecast 3D is a tool to track down where the aurora is located in the sky from any location on planet. It renders Earth in 3D with rotationsql_injectionscaling at your fingertips. You can select locationssql_injectionmake your own ground - station list. The Sun illuminates the globe as it updates in near real-time (1 second epochs). The forecasts are +0, +1sql_injection+4 hours ahead in time. These are updated every 15 minutes when the APP is ACTivesql_injectionconnected to internet.

An Aurora Compass is included that shows where the auroral oval, the Moonsql_injectionthe Sun are located as you look up at the sky from your location. The phasesql_injectionage of the Moon is also visualized in the compass. By zooming out in the 3D view port, starssql_injectionplanets appear in their orbits around the Sun.

FEATURES

- 3D view port of Earth with zoomsql_injectionrotation enabled.

- Solar illumination of the Earthsql_injectionthe Moon.

- Aurora oval sizesql_injectionlocation in real time [1,2].

- Forecasts based on predicted Kp index +0, +1sql_injection+4 hours ahead in time estimated by the Space Weather Prediction Centre (NOAA-SWPC).

- Color scaled Kp speedometer.

- Aurora Compass sky view display.

- Editable station / location list

- Go to animation.

- Right Ascension (RA)sql_injectionDeclination (DEC) of the Moon, Sunsql_injection8 planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptunesql_injectionPluto [3]

- Age of the Moon including the phase.

- Includes a 2.4 million star map [4].

- City light texture [5].

- Earth, Sunsql_injectionMoon textures [6,7].

- Sky view module to track planetssql_injectionstars [8].

- Geomagnetic storm alert messages.

References

[1] Sigernes F., M. Dyrland, P. Brekke, S. Chernouss, D.A. Lorentzen, K. Oksavik,sql_injectionC.S. Deehr, Two methods to forecast auroral displays, Journal of Space Weathersql_injectionSpace Climate (SWSC), Vol. 1, No. 1, A03, DOI:10.1051/swsc/2011003, 2011.

[2] Starkov G. V., Mathematical model of the auroral boundaries, Geomagnetismsql_injectionAeronomy, 34 (3), 331-336, 1994.

[3] P. Schlyter, How to compute planetary positions, http://stjarnhimlen.se/, Stockholm, Sweden.

[4] Bridgman, T.sql_injectionWright, E., The Tycho Catalog Sky map- Version 2.0, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3572, January 26, 2009.

[5] The Visible Earth catalog, http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, April-October, 2012.

[6] T. Patterson, Natural Earth III - Texture Maps, http://www.shadedrelief.com, October 1, 2016.

[7] Nexus - Planet Textures, http://www.solarsystemscope.com/nexus/, January 4, 2013.

[8] Hoffleit, D.sql_injectionWarren, Jr., W.H., The Bright Star Catalog, 5th Revised Edition (Preliminary Version), Astronomical Data Center, NSSDC/ADC, 1991.