Introduction
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 rotation and scaling at your fingertips. You can select locations and make your own ground - station list.
The Sun illuminates the globe as it updates in near real-time (1 second epochs).
The short term forecasts are +0, +3 and +6 hours ahead in time. These are updated when the app is active and connected to internet.
Aurora Forecast 3D screen shots from a B15Q Cat phone running Android 4.4.2.
An Aurora Compass is included that shows where the auroral oval, the Moon and the Sun are located as you look up at the sky from your location. The phase and age of the Moon is also visualized in the compass. By zooming out in the 3D view port, satellites, stars and planets appear in their orbits around the Sun.
FEATURES
- 3D view port of Earth with zoom and rotation enabled.
- Solar illumination of the Earth and the Moon.
- Aurora oval size and location in real time [1,2].
- Dayside location of the red colored Cusp.
- Forecasts based on predicted NOAA-SWPC Kp index.
- Color scaled Kp speedometer.
- Aurora Compass sky view display.
- Editable station / location list.
- Go to animation.
- Right Ascension and Declination of the Moon, Sun and 8 planets [3].
- Age of the Moon including the phase.
- Includes a 2.4 million star map [4].
- City light texture [5].
- Earth, Sun and Moon textures [6,7].
- Skyview module to track planets, stars and satellites [8].
- Geomagnetic storm index G1 to G5 alert messages.
- 3-day space weather condition forecast as news ticker.
- 3-day long term Kp summary plot.
- Two-Line Element (TLE) satellite orbit calculations [9].
- Apparent Solar Time (AST).
- Skyview navigation.
- Laser Star pointer to 3D view port constellations [10].
- Sounding rocket trajectories.
Mobile phone downloads
Search for "Aurora Forecast 3D" by Fred Sigernes on Google Play or App Store.
Please read the Quick look guide before installation.