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Dhamtari

20.707° N   81.549° E  ·  325 M
45 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 22:30.
BEST WINDOW 22:30–23:30 · ASTRO DARK 21:30–04:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.35
Seeing
0.87
Cloud
58%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
30
45
29
28
22
27
6
14
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
2%
3%
6%
4%
14%
14%
38%
6%
39%
Mid cloud
6%
6%
5%
9%
10%
9%
78%
47%
59%
High cloud
99%
56%
99%
100%
97%
81%
92%
98%
89%
Transparency
0.34
0.35
0.32
0.31
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
Seeing
0.80
0.82
0.87
0.85
0.82
0.82
0.82
0.77
0.79
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
down
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
21 Poor · 30/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−58
Transparency
−11
Seeing
−2
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
30
CLOUD 99% LOW 2% MID 6% HIGH 99% SUN -37.1° MOON -35.8° / 0% WIND 4 TEMP 27°
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 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 44

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 22:30CLOUD RETURNS 23:30
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 49

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

2123010305
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 22:30CLOUD RETURNS 23:30MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 37

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 22:30CLOUD RETURNS 23:30
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

2123010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 58%
SET UP 22:00 · OBSERVE 22:30–23:30 · 1H · MEAN 43

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

2123010305
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 22:30CLOUD RETURNS 23:30
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
45
Fair
MOON 0%
22:30–23:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
25
Poor
MOON 2%
Friday · 14 Aug
14
Clouded out
MOON 6%
Saturday · 15 Aug
3
Clouded out
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
53
Fair
MOON 21%
23:30–00:30
Monday · 17 Aug
36
Fair
MOON 30%
23:30–00:30
Tuesday · 18 Aug
24
Poor
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Dhamtari, India 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 →