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The aurora season in Fairbanks runs about Aug 21 to Apr 21, when the sky gets dark enough.
Season · history, not a forecast
Fairbanks · viewing hours 10 PM–3 AM Alaska time
Astronomy calendar · the next two years
What else is in the sky
Meteor showers, eclipses, close planet pairings, equinoxes and solstices, as seen from Fairbanks. Worth planning around, all visible only when the sky is clear.
Computed by SkyCommand from astronomy · dates in Alaska time · updates itself