Aurora locations / Lake Tekapo

Aurora tonight in Lake Tekapo

New Zealand, New Zealand · 44.00°S, 170.48°E

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Why Lake Tekapo

Inside the Aoraki Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve, superb for southern skies even at moderate activity.

How much activity you need here

At 44.0° geographic latitude, aurora typically becomes visible here once the planetary Kp index reaches about 9. Stronger geomagnetic storms push the oval overhead and light up more of the sky.

Best time to go

The southern aurora season runs from mid-March to late September, when the long southern-hemisphere nights give real darkness. Midsummer (December–January) is too bright for aurora at these latitudes.

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