DarkCast
0.1
Unusable
37/39 factors
00:43 UTC · Mar 03
51.1
Peak
Good in +42h
Wed Mar 04, 18:43 UTC
Sky Clarity
Poor
32
Heavy cloud cover or poor transparency
Darkness
Poor
13
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Poor
1
Sky too bright — sun near horizon
Conditions
Poor
11
Gusty winds may affect imaging
Site
Coordinates
-25.34, 131.04
Elevation
572 m
Light Pollution
27.8 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.0
Seeing
0.0
Celestial
0.0
Seeing
0.0
Light Pollution
0.0
Weather
64
Transparency
24.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fog Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.85 |
|
Wildfire Smoke Density
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.01 — | 0.82 |
|
Total Cloud Fraction
|
1.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.8 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.77
|
0.12 — | 0.87 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.67
|
191 DU | 0.94 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.47
|
0.05 — | 0.69 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.36
|
31.87 mm | 0.85 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.54
|
0.32 — | 0.85 |
1
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.63 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
0.69
|
0.31 — | 0.9 |
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
0.0
|
0.00 ° | 1.0 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.74
|
0.26 — | 0.95 |
20
Weather
14.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Precipitation Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.75 |
|
Frost Dew On Optics Risk
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.85 |
|
Barometric Pressure Trend
|
0.83
|
1.21 hPa/3hr | 0.85 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.28
|
28.94 km/h | 0.85 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.0
|
0.00 — | 1.0 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
0.91
|
0.26 K/hr | 0.89 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.88
|
0.88 — | 0.85 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.51
|
301 K | 0.89 |
1
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.98
|
0.02 — | 0.85 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.96
|
6.58 kt | 0.8 |
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
0.0
|
35.48 K/km | 0.89 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.83
|
8.49 kt | 0.8 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.89 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
10.00 " | 0.89 |
13
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
1.0
|
27.78 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.07
|
1288 km | 0.85 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.8 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.6 |
2
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
1.0
|
0.00 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.9
|
19.31 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
|
Site Elevation
|
0.23
|
572 m AMSL | 1.0 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.0
|
30.87 ° | 0.9 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
572 m
Horizon
30.9°
Light Pollution
27.8 mag
Nearest City
340.3 km
pop 28k
Nearest Water
43.1 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.102
Elev. Change
49 m
Coordinates
-25.34, 131.04
Algorithm
WGM = 6.07
x
Gate = 0.02
=
0.1
/ 100
NSQI v0.3.0