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Douliu

23.709° N   120.543° E  ·  57 M
35 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 01:00.
BEST WINDOW 01:00–02:00 · ASTRO DARK 01:00–05:00 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.45
Seeing
0.88
Cloud
83%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
01
02
03
04
05
06
35
32
29
31
5
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
2%
3%
2%
3%
1%
6%
Mid cloud
16%
13%
13%
13%
10%
12%
High cloud
80%
84%
93%
87%
98%
93%
Transparency
0.45
0.39
0.32
0.31
0.35
0.37
Seeing
0.78
0.72
0.78
0.82
0.88
0.95
Moon clear
down
down
down
down
down
0%
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
01 Fair · 35/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−52
Transparency
−10
Seeing
−2
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
35
CLOUD 83% LOW 2% MID 16% HIGH 80% SUN -48.9° MOON -48.4° / 0% WIND 4 TEMP 28°
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.

NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 83%
SET UP 00:30 · OBSERVE 01:00–02:00 · 1H · MEAN 36

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

010305
MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 83%
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 83%
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

010305
CLOUD NEVER DROPS BELOW 83%
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
35
Fair
MOON 0%
01:00–02:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
69
Good
MOON 1%
20:00–05:00
Friday · 14 Aug
65
Good
MOON 5%
20:00–05:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
48
Fair
MOON 10%
02:00–03:00
Sunday · 16 Aug
34
Poor
MOON 19%
Monday · 17 Aug
43
Fair
MOON 28%
02:00–03:00
Tuesday · 18 Aug
54
Fair
MOON 37%
02:00–03:00
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About this forecast

Conditions for Douliu, Taiwan 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 →