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Depends on your latitude and the kp-index. This app is useful, includes local forecasts and notifications:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrustonapps.myauroraforecast

Good luck!

My app Nightshift has notifications for upcoming meteor showers and other celestial events. Feel free to try it! If you have any questions, let me know.

One trick to identify these is to download a stargazing/star map/constellation app on your phone. Once you see something you don't expect, pull it out and discover what it is!

Many apps can also go backwards in time, so you could set the date and time you took the picture to see what's up at that time.

I personally use Stellarium and like it, though any of the sky map apps will be fine for naked eye observations.

Not exactly what you are looking for but there's an app that tells you when the ISS will be visible, how brightly, how high up.

ISS detector - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.runar.issdetector

I have not tried its plugins for Starlink, Hubble, comets, etc.

I know this sounds too good to be true, but these are awesome. Great battery life, long lasting, strong beam, and super cheap. I have had one for at least four years and it still works well. I even put it in my backpack on trips.

Green Light Flashlight Adjustable Focus with Visible for Camping Hiking Hunting Fishing https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QYMBLP3/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_72HDW3R5EAH3NYCGZWSH

It's difficult to tell how far away it was by just seeing a moving light, as you have no reference.

A moving, non-blinking light is most likely a satellite. If it was really fast, like a flash of light, it could have been a meteor.

I recently build an app to identify sightings like this, feel free to try it out!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.waddensky.whatsup

I picked a random town in northern Nevada, my hunch is that it’s far enough from any monsoon, benefits from California’s climate pattern and is remote

“In Winnemucca, the average percentage of the sky covered by clouds experiences significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year in Winnemucca begins around June 3 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around October 20. On July 30, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 86% of the time, and overcast or mostly cloudy 14% of the time.”

https://weatherspark.com/y/1994/Average-Weather-in-Winnemucca-Nevada-United-States-Year-Round

The candle is the exact same effect as a campfire but smaller. The issue isn't the size of the source, but the intensity. The candlelight is very bright, but not powerful. IE You'll probably ruin your own night vision looking at it, but I don't know how much light it would actually cast to your surroundings. IE both blinding you and leaving you in the dark. You want the exact opposite. A low-intensity light with lots of power. Which is where red lights come in. I would look and see if you can just buy a sheet of red filter material off amazon. It's cheap and can be put over any normal light source to cut the intensity.

Can you elaborate on what are you expecting from the book?

You want to know where to look for I suggest a phone app like Sky Map.

There are others but this is pretty simple.