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Dharān

26.814° N   87.280° E  ·  375 M
46 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 2 hours gap from 02:45.
BEST WINDOW 02:45–04:45 · ASTRO DARK 22:45–04:45 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.32
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
55%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
35
34
46
34
36
41
9
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
2%
3%
2%
0%
9%
12%
24%
31%
Mid cloud
4%
3%
8%
14%
6%
3%
4%
1%
High cloud
88%
93%
57%
84%
73%
48%
52%
81%
Transparency
0.32
0.32
0.32
0.30
0.28
0.26
0.25
0.23
Seeing
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
Moon clear
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
22 Fair · 35/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−52
Transparency
−13
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
35
CLOUD 89% LOW 2% MID 4% HIGH 88% SUN -44.3° MOON -42.9° / 0% WIND 1 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 00:15 · OBSERVE 00:45–01:45 · 1H · MEAN 43

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

22000204
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 00:45CLOUD RETURNS 01:45
SET UP 22:15 · OBSERVE 22:45–04:45 · 6H · MEAN 44

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

22000204
TWILIGHT BEGINS 04:45MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 00:15 · OBSERVE 00:45–01:45 · 1H · MEAN 36

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

22000204
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 00:45CLOUD RETURNS 01:45
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

22000204
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 55%
SET UP 00:15 · OBSERVE 00:45–01:45 · 1H · MEAN 41

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

22000204
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 00:45CLOUD RETURNS 01:45
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
46
Fair
MOON 0%
02:45–04:45
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
33
Poor
MOON 2%
Friday · 14 Aug
32
Poor
MOON 6%
Saturday · 15 Aug
7
Clouded out
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
19
Poor
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
1
Clouded out
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
18
Poor
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Dharān, Nepal 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 →