We sent out a survey to all of our users to learn more about them, how they use Aurorasaurus, and what they want from us in the future. Nearly 400 users responded so thank you to everyone who took the time to fill out the survey and share their experiences with us. Take a look at what we found out about our Aurorasaurus users!
With your citizen science observations, we’ve improved our map to provide you better alerts of aurora sightings near you, a more accurate view-line of where the aurora can be seen, and now included the Southern Lights!
Aurorasaurus intern Sean McCloat explains what he learned by attending an rigorous Space Weather Bootcamp at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Hello, aurora enthusiasts! If you missed our Google hangout on Wednesday December 10, 2014 at 3pm EST, we have posted the hangout below for you to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWk80wLihBE On our first Google hangout, we gave a brief overview of what an aurora is, why we collect the data from you, and present some observations of… Read More »Become An Aurora Hunter! (Google Hangout recap)
As you use Aurorasaurus, you will see many tweets of beautiful aurora pictures. But you’re going to have to ask yourself—is this report a real-time aurora observation or another pretty picture? The answer is not always clear. Aurorasaurus aims to capture information about aurora in real-time. While we always love to see beautiful aurora pictures,… Read More »Tweet Verification 101: Was that a real-time aurora observation or another pretty picture?
We are excited to share our new website with you! What can you do here? Register to receive email notifications when the aurora is observed near your location Be a citizen scientist and earn points when you report your sightings of aurora and help find identify sightings reported by Twitter users Examine the map to see locations of real sightings and the… Read More »Welcome to Aurorasaurus!