DarkCast
4.5
Unusable
37/39 factors
00:54 UTC · Mar 03
12.8
Peak
Poor in +3h
Tue Mar 03, 03:54 UTC
Sky Clarity
Fair
40
Moderate clouds or haze present
Darkness
Poor
0
Significant light pollution or bright moon
Celestial
Good
81
No moon or celestial interference
Conditions
Fair
47
Marginal weather conditions
Site
Coordinates
40.76, -73.97
Elevation
32 m
Light Pollution
12.2 mag
Biggest Drags on Score
0.0
Light Pollution
0.0
Seeing
0.0
Light Pollution
0.01
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
|
0.07 — | 0.82 |
|
Ozone Column
|
0.99
|
293 DU | 0.93 |
|
Precipitable Water Vapor
|
0.91
|
4.38 mm | 0.83 |
|
Airglow Intensity
|
0.86
|
71.90 R | 0.6 |
|
Aod 550nm
|
0.78
|
0.11 — | 0.87 |
|
Volcanic Aerosol Stratospheric
|
0.73
|
0.03 — | 0.69 |
|
Total Cloud Fraction
|
0.46
|
0.54 [0,1] | 0.65 |
|
Humidity Profile Extinction
RESIDUAL
|
0.74
|
0.18 — | 0.83 |
81
Celestial
15.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Solar Depression Angle
|
1.0
|
24.61 ° | 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
|
0.61
|
1.94 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.95 |
|
Galactic Plane Brightness
RESIDUAL
|
0.61
|
0.39 — | 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
|
0.78
|
1.42 hPa/3hr | 0.83 |
|
Surface Wind Speed
|
0.72
|
11.09 km/h | 0.83 |
|
Ground Thermal Emission Phase
|
0.53
|
0.53 — | 1.0 |
|
Condition Stability Forecast
RESIDUAL
|
0.8
|
0.80 — | 0.83 |
|
Ambient Temperature Comfort
RESIDUAL
|
0.76
|
272 K | 0.88 |
|
Dew Point Convergence Rate
RESIDUAL
|
0.69
|
0.94 K/hr | 0.88 |
5
Seeing
20.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Boundary Layer Gradient
|
0.57
|
6.41 K/km | 0.88 |
|
Jet Stream Speed
|
0.5
|
75.32 kt | 0.79 |
|
Terrain Turbulence Risk
|
0.0
|
1.00 — | 0.83 |
|
Scintillation Index Estimate
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.50 " | 0.88 |
|
Upper Atmosphere Wind Shear
RESIDUAL
|
0.56
|
22.02 kt | 0.79 |
|
Inversion Layer Strength
RESIDUAL
|
0.17
|
0.00 K | 0.88 |
0
Light Pollution
19.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nearest City Skyglow
|
0.95
|
4.79 km | 0.85 |
|
Zenith Sky Brightness
|
0.0
|
12.18 mag/arcsec² | 0.9 |
|
Cloud Amplified Skyglow
RESIDUAL
|
1.0
|
0.00 Δmag/arcsec² | 0.65 |
|
Commercial Shutoff Factor
RESIDUAL
|
0.0
|
0.00 [0,1] | 0.6 |
18
Local
8.0% weight| Factor | Normalized | Raw | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Satellite Trail Density
|
0.91
|
8.88 tr/hr | 0.75 |
|
Local Thermal Sources
|
0.7
|
0.30 — | 0.7 |
|
Horizon Obstruction Index
|
0.67
|
9.84 ° | 0.9 |
|
Local Aqi
|
0.53
|
94.27 AQI | 0.82 |
|
Site Elevation
|
0.01
|
32.22 m AMSL | 1.0 |
Site Characteristics
Elevation
32 m
Horizon
9.8°
Light Pollution
12.2 mag
Nearest City
4.8 km
pop 19.0M
Nearest Water
0.8 km
Thermal Index
0.3
Roughness
0.041
Elev. Change
23 m
Coordinates
40.76, -73.97
Algorithm
WGM = 9.69
x
Gate = 0.4595
=
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NSQI v0.3.0