Aurora Australis in Hobart

Australia · -42.88°, 147.33° · geomagnetic -49.7° · needs Kp 9

Tonight's aurora forecast for Hobart

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Peak chance of a visible display tonight, from the same model the Revon app runs. Hobart needs Kp 9 to see anything at all, and tonight the forecast peaks at Kp 4.7. Short of the threshold, which is what most nights look like here.

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Updated 2026-09-08 10:35 UTC

Local aurora guide for Hobart

Hobart is located at -49.7° geomagnetic latitude. Auroras visible at this latitude require a geomagnetic activity level of Kp 9.

On average, there are 0.1 nights per year with sufficient geomagnetic activity for auroras to be potentially visible in Hobart. The record span for this data is 2016-04-02 to 2026-03-30.

The best months for aurora viewing in Hobart are during May.

Hobart experiences a Bortle 7 sky. However, areas 16 km north-north-west of Hobart have a Bortle 2 sky.

Several viewpoints and reserves are located near Hobart, offering potential viewing locations. These include RV Investigator, Mount Stuart Lookout, Pipe-Head well Viewing Platform, Gentle Annie Falls Lower Viewpoint, and Mount Nelson Signal Station.

Nearby terrain features include Knocklofty Park, Knocklofty hill, Wellesley Park, Long Beach, and Blinking Billy Beach.

Potential viewing locations near Hobart include RV Investigator, Mount Stuart Lookout, Pipe-Head well Viewing Platform, Gentle Annie Falls Lower Viewpoint, and Mount Nelson Signal Station.

Reserves such as Rosny Point Reserve, Knocklofty Reserve, Lambert Park, Kangaroo Bluff Historic Site, and McAulay Reserve are also noted.

Horizon features include Knocklofty Park, Knocklofty hill, Wellesley Park, Long Beach, and Blinking Billy Beach.

There have been 8 verified aurora reports within 300 km of Hobart between 2015 and 2016.

A qualifying night occurred on 2024-05-10, with a Kp value of 9.0.

Sources: Revon location dataset · Revon analysis of NOAA planetary Kp · Falchi 2016 World Atlas of artificial night sky brightness · OpenStreetMap contributors · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Aurorasaurus verified positive reports

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