DarkCast
0.5
Unusable
37/39 factors
00:43 UTC · Mar 03
78.7
Peak
Excellent in +35h
Wed Mar 04, 11:43 UTC
Sky Clarity
Good
79
Clear skies with excellent transparency
Darkness
Poor
20
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Poor
1
Sky too bright — sun near horizon
Conditions
Fair
50
Marginal weather conditions
Site
Coordinates
30.67, -104.02
Elevation
1937 m
Light Pollution
26.9 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.0
Celestial
0.0
Light Pollution
0.0
Weather
0.17
Seeing
0.33
Light Pollution
89
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
|
0.93
|
0.07 [0,1] | 0.67 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.91
|
0.05 — | 0.87 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.85
|
7.73 mm | 0.85 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.79
|
0.02 — | 0.69 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.78
|
209 DU | 0.94 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.97
|
0.02 — | 0.85 |
1
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aurora Activity
|
1.0
|
0.00 Kp [0-9] | 0.63 |
|
Lunar Sky Brightness Contribution
|
0.96
|
0.20 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Zodiacal Light Intensity
|
0.96
|
0.04 — | 0.9 |
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
0.0
|
0.00 ° | 1.0 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.55
|
0.45 — | 0.95 |
25
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
|
0.82
|
-1.28 hPa/3hr | 0.85 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.73
|
10.88 km/h | 0.85 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.0
|
0.00 — | 1.0 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.84
|
0.84 — | 0.85 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
0.77
|
0.69 K/hr | 0.89 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.57
|
299 K | 0.89 |
70
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
1.0
|
-2.00 K/km | 0.89 |
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.97
|
0.03 — | 0.85 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.75
|
37.73 kt | 0.8 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
0.96
|
0.66 " | 0.89 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.61
|
19.41 kt | 0.8 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.89 |
20
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
1.0
|
26.90 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.33
|
204 km | 0.85 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.67 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.6 |
75
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
1.0
|
0.00 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.94
|
11.74 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Site Elevation
|
0.77
|
1937 m AMSL | 1.0 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.54
|
13.80 ° | 0.9 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
1937 m
Horizon
13.8°
Light Pollution
26.9 mag
Nearest City
130.7 km
pop 22k
Nearest Water
137.9 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.185
Elev. Change
149 m
Coordinates
30.67, -104.02
Algorithm
WGM = 25.71
x
Gate = 0.02
=
0.5
/ 100
NSQI v0.3.0