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Balakovo

52.026° N   47.797° E  ·  24 M
49 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 4 hours gap from 00:00.
BEST WINDOW 00:00–04:00 · ASTRO DARK 23:00–03:00 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.65
Seeing
0.91
Cloud
48%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Balakovo. Colour encodes the score and nothing else; every other measurement is luminance.

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
0
0
19
23
36
46
49
45
20
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
0%
0%
0%
2%
10%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Mid cloud
96%
96%
59%
67%
43%
15%
7%
2%
0%
0%
High cloud
59%
18%
4%
10%
16%
42%
44%
59%
74%
98%
Transparency
0.77
0.65
0.26
0.12
0.33
0.31
0.29
0.29
0.31
0.33
Seeing
0.51
0.76
0.91
0.88
0.91
0.88
0.88
0.83
0.81
0.81
Moon clear
0%
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Inspect

Cloud tracks show clear sky — a longer bar is better. The figure inside each track is the raw measurement.

Why this hour scored what it did
20 Clouded out · 0/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−91
Transparency
−1
Seeing
−1
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−7
Score
0
CLOUD 98% LOW 0% MID 96% HIGH 59% SUN 2.0° MOON 3.6° / 0% WIND 7 TEMP 24°
Excellent 75+ Good 55+ Fair 35+ Poor 15+ Not worth it Seeing is estimated from surface wind — see how we score.

What are you doing tonight?

The same forecast, weighted for the target. Planetary work barely cares about moonlight; long exposures die on high cloud a visual observer would never notice.

SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–04:00 · 4H · MEAN 43

Darkness and moonlight dominate. Faint fuzzies need a genuinely dark sky more than they need steady air.

2022000204
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 04:00
SET UP 23:30 · OBSERVE 00:00–05:00 · 5H · MEAN 48

Seeing is everything and moonlight is irrelevant. Bright targets punch through twilight, so darkness barely counts.

2022000204
CLOUD BREAKS 00:00CLOUD RETURNS 05:00MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 00:30 · OBSERVE 01:00–04:00 · 3H · MEAN 39

Tolerates soft seeing, but high cloud wrecks a wide frame and moonlight raises the background everywhere.

2022000204
CLOUD RETURNS 04:00
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

Needs conditions to hold still for hours. Sustained transparency matters more than any single good hour.

2022000204
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 48%
SET UP 00:30 · OBSERVE 01:00–04:00 · 3H · MEAN 45

Naked eye, whole sky. Total cloud and moonlight are the only things that count.

2022000204
CLOUD RETURNS 04:00
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
49
Fair
MOON 0%
00:00–04:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
85
Excellent
MOON 2%
23:00–04:00
Friday · 14 Aug
75
Excellent
MOON 6%
23:00–02:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
41
Fair
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
46
Fair
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
50
Fair
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
64
Good
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Balakovo, Russia are computed from the MET Norway forecast model for these exact coordinates, combined with sun and moon positions we calculate directly. The score weighs cloud cover by layer, atmospheric transparency, estimated seeing, moonlight and how dark the sky actually gets. Read the full method →