Prospects of aurora-watching success in Poland

Michał Tomczak, Sylwester Kołomański, Andrzej Z. Kotarba

Based on reports from aurora watchers in Poland in the years 2011–2018, we have developed an algorithm which should improve the quality of aurora alerts. This algorithm evaluates prospects of aurora-watching success on the basis of current values of the following parameters: planetary index, K_p, magnetic latitude of the observer, phase of the Moon, and number of hours after the end of nautical twilight (nautical dusk is the moment of the end of nautical twilight). Critical values of these parameters were estimated empirically using the available aurora reports.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 10, 364-367 (2020)

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