DarkCast
9.9
Unusable
37/39 factors
00:54 UTC · Mar 03
69.2
Peak
Good in +56h
Thu Mar 05, 08:54 UTC
Sky Clarity
Fair
38
Moderate clouds or haze present
Darkness
Poor
20
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Good
80
No moon or celestial interference
Conditions
Fair
59
Marginal weather conditions
Site
Coordinates
44.35, -68.21
Elevation
257 m
Light Pollution
23.8 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.0
Seeing
0.0
Seeing
0.0
Light Pollution
0.1
Local
0.17
Seeing
75
Transparency
24.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fog Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.83 |
|
Wildfire Smoke Density
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.01 — | 0.82 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.95
|
2.57 mm | 0.83 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.89
|
0.06 — | 0.87 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.86
|
334 DU | 0.93 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.83
|
0.02 — | 0.69 |
|
Total Cloud Fraction
|
0.5
|
0.50 [0,1] | 0.65 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.44
|
0.39 — | 0.83 |
80
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
1.0
|
27.72 ° | 1.0 |
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.61 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
0.99
|
0.01 — | 0.9 |
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
0.58
|
2.11 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.68
|
0.32 — | 0.95 |
77
Weather
14.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Precipitation Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.74 |
|
Frost Dew On Optics Risk
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.83 |
|
Barometric Pressure Trend
|
0.81
|
1.31 hPa/3hr | 0.83 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.58
|
16.61 km/h | 0.83 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.57
|
0.57 — | 1.0 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
0.93
|
0.22 K/hr | 0.88 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.88
|
0.88 — | 0.83 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.72
|
271 K | 0.88 |
0
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.82
|
0.18 — | 0.83 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.31
|
104 kt | 0.79 |
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
0.0
|
19.03 K/km | 0.88 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.8
|
9.95 kt | 0.79 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.88 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
6.11 " | 0.88 |
20
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
1.0
|
23.81 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.36
|
180 km | 0.85 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.65 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.6 |
41
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
0.95
|
5.04 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.9
|
20.94 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.77
|
6.97 ° | 0.9 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
|
Site Elevation
|
0.1
|
257 m AMSL | 1.0 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
257 m
Horizon
7.0°
Light Pollution
23.8 mag
Nearest City
67.5 km
pop 50k
Nearest Water
2.0 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.106
Elev. Change
199 m
Coordinates
44.35, -68.21
Algorithm
WGM = 19.85
x
Gate = 0.5008
=
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NSQI v0.3.0