From 52f80ad7cb917b70a7fcf54846b1cd669fc17919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leander Furumo <leander@furumo.eu>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:11:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] manually check for good aurora sighting conditions

---
 src/cogs/aurora.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cogs/aurora.py b/src/cogs/aurora.py
index 0e49526..483083e 100644
--- a/src/cogs/aurora.py
+++ b/src/cogs/aurora.py
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ class Aurora(commands.Cog):
             if (start - datetime.now()) > timedelta(hours=12):
                 continue
 
-            # We're gonna trust this value. Hopefully it takes sunlight, cloud cover and solar activity into account
-            # We're using an undocumented API so who knows. They probably know what they're doing over there.
-            if interval["auroraValue"] >= 0.5:
+            # We used to use "auroraValue" but it is deemed unreliable.
+            # We're using an undocumented API so who knows what it really means.
+            # Thus we need to guess what's considered good conditions ourselves
+            if (
+                interval["sunglight"]["id"] == "night"
+                and interval["kpIndex"] >= 5
+                and interval["cloudCover"]["value"] < 50
+            ):
                 valid_sightings.append(interval)
 
         if not valid_sightings: