DarkCast
42.7
Fair
37/39 factors
00:54 UTC · Mar 03
46.3
Peak
Fair in +3h
Tue Mar 03, 03:54 UTC
Sky Clarity
Fair
39
Hazy conditions with reduced transparency
Darkness
Fair
42
Bright moon reducing contrast
Celestial
Fair
60
Moon is bright tonight
Conditions
Fair
58
Marginal weather conditions
Site
Coordinates
0.0, 0.0
Elevation
100 m
Light Pollution
19.5 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.02
Transparency
0.04
Local
0.15
Light Pollution
0.17
Seeing
0.18
Transparency
21
Transparency
24.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Fog Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.83 |
|
Wildfire Smoke Density
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.05 — | 0.82 |
|
Total Cloud Fraction
|
1.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.79 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.79
|
211 DU | 0.93 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.25
|
0.08 — | 0.69 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.18
|
0.41 — | 0.87 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.02
|
49.10 mm | 0.83 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.24
|
0.53 — | 0.83 |
60
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
1.0
|
77.30 ° | 1.0 |
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.61 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
0.86
|
0.14 — | 0.9 |
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
0.24
|
3.78 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.85
|
0.15 — | 0.95 |
87
Weather
14.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Precipitation Probability
GATE
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.74 |
|
Frost Dew On Optics Risk
|
0.99
|
0.01 — | 0.83 |
|
Barometric Pressure Trend
|
0.98
|
-0.38 hPa/3hr | 0.83 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.9
|
0.90 — | 1.0 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.73
|
10.64 km/h | 0.83 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 K/hr | 0.88 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.97
|
0.97 — | 0.83 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.51
|
301 K | 0.88 |
57
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.9
|
14.73 kt | 0.79 |
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.79
|
0.21 — | 0.83 |
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
0.38
|
9.30 K/km | 0.88 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.50 " | 0.88 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.77
|
11.46 kt | 0.79 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.88 |
42
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
0.58
|
19.50 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.15
|
579 km | 0.85 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.79 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.61
|
0.18 [0,1] | 0.6 |
29
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
1.0
|
0.00 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.83
|
5.00 ° | 0.9 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.62
|
76.89 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Site Elevation
|
0.04
|
100 m AMSL | 1.0 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
100 m
Horizon
5.0°
Light Pollution
19.5 mag
Nearest City
578.5 km
pop 286k
Nearest Water
0.5 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.3
Elev. Change
100 m
Coordinates
0.0, 0.0
Algorithm
WGM = 42.74
x
Gate = 0.9994
=
42.7
/ 100
NSQI v0.3.0