DarkCast
12.8
Poor
37/39 factors
00:43 UTC · Mar 03
56.1
Peak
Good in +46h
Wed Mar 04, 22:43 UTC
Sky Clarity
Fair
53
Moderate clouds or haze present
Darkness
Poor
19
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Fair
64
Some celestial interference present
Conditions
Good
81
Calm and dry conditions
Site
Coordinates
32.33, 80.03
Elevation
4912 m
Light Pollution
29.1 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.0
Light Pollution
0.0
Seeing
0.15
Weather
0.17
Seeing
0.26
Light Pollution
93
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 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.98
|
0.95 mm | 0.85 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.91
|
0.05 — | 0.87 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.84
|
0.02 — | 0.69 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.79
|
211 DU | 0.94 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.94
|
0.04 — | 0.85 |
64
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.63 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
1.0
|
0.00 — | 0.9 |
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
0.98
|
0.10 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
0.31
|
5.52 ° | 1.0 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.8
|
0.20 — | 0.95 |
75
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
|
0.93
|
0.79 hPa/3hr | 0.85 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.84
|
6.27 km/h | 0.85 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.15
|
0.15 — | 1.0 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 K/hr | 0.89 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.94
|
0.94 — | 0.85 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.4
|
263 K | 0.89 |
12
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
1.0
|
-2.00 K/km | 0.89 |
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.92
|
0.08 — | 0.85 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.34
|
98.92 kt | 0.8 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
0.54
|
2.55 " | 0.89 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.89 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
87.72 kt | 0.8 |
19
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
1.0
|
29.15 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.26
|
292 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 |
86
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Site Elevation
|
1.0
|
4912 m AMSL | 1.0 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.87
|
26.77 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.82
|
5.31 ° | 0.9 |
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
0.79
|
20.64 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
4912 m
Horizon
5.3°
Light Pollution
29.1 mag
Nearest City
15.0 km
pop 10k
Nearest Water
182.4 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.284
Elev. Change
379 m
Coordinates
32.33, 80.03
Algorithm
WGM = 41.72
x
Gate = 0.3067
=
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NSQI v0.3.0