Look North: Aurora Alerts

About Look North: Aurora Alerts

(1.8) • Price Drop! ---> I want each and every one of you to get a chance to see the aurora, so Look North Pro is now only $9.99 a year, down from $14.99. Existing subscribers keep their access and move to the lower price at renewal :) • Added the ability to redeem offer codes directly in the app • General bug fixes and UI improvements (1.7) Big update for you, it's been a while! • Early Substorm Watches---> Pro users can now see when magnetic energy is loading before aurora activity begins, including a Machine Learning driven substorm onset probability model so you can always be ready for the show. • Real-Time Sighting Reports---> During active aurora events, you can quickly report whether you are seeing aurora right now, and see if anyone at similar latitudes to you has reported a sighting yet. • More Personalized Storm Cards---> Cards now better factor in details from your live location, cloud cover, smoke and haze, moonlight, light pollution, and sunset/moonrise timing, all to provide much more custom and personal local visibility guidance. • Naked Eye or Camera?---> During strong storms, Look North can now help tell you whether aurora is likely to be visible to your eyes, better suited for a night-mode photo, or still too far north. • Smarter Alert Location---> Use your current location, set a manual alert location, or turn on optional Travel Updates so alerts match where you'll actually be watching. • Go North Feedback---> You can now send private feedback about Go North viewing spots to flag access, safety, view, or light-pollution issues. • Science Copy and Reliability Improvements---> Updated solar-wind source language, clearer aurora science explanations, morning-after storm recaps, and other behind-the-scenes fixes. (1.6) • "Did You See It" Improvements--->After an aurora event ends, share your photos and tell us how bright it looked! Your sightings help us improve detection accuracy for everyone. v1.6 adds the ability to tell us when you DIDN't see anything, as well as automatic time and location detection from submitted photos. • Expanded Onboarding Flow--->New users now get a friendly walkthrough of all of the space weather data sources that Look North tracks so that they don't have to! • Shiny new App icon! • Reliability Improvements--->Behind-the-scenes fixes and various bugs squashed. (1.5) • Did You See It?--->After an aurora event ends, share your photos and tell us how bright it looked! Your sightings help us improve detection accuracy for everyone. • Reliability Improvements--->Behind-the-scenes fixes for longer and overlapping storm systems. (1.4) New Feature Alert! Go North, an industry leading smart aurora viewing location finder! • Go North: Find Your Dark Sky Spot--> Search our database of nearly 30,000 dark sky locations, all scored and ranked by real-time cloud cover, light pollution, drive time from your current location, northern horizon openness, and elevation. Three search ranges let you find a quick weeknight spot nearby, a worthy weekend drive, or a big adventure to the darkest skies available for the trip of a lifetime. • Plan Your Trip--> When a storm watch is active, see hourly cloud cover forecasts for specific storm dates. Save your favorite viewing spots in go North as bookmarks for quick access anytime. Plan trips for upcoming storm nights and get reminder notifications the day before and morning of your trip. • Custom Pins--> Long-press anywhere on the map to drop a pin and instantly see the full forecast, sky quality, northern horizon visualization, weather conditions, and driving distance for that exact location in Go North. Save custom pins alongside your other favorite spots. • Moon Phase Context--> Moon phase and illumination are now shown for each viewing date. A bright moon can wash out faint aurora, so you can pick darker nights when possible. Strong storms are still visible even under a full moon.

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