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Kotu

13.459° N   16.705° W  ·  8 M
50 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 4 hours gap from 02:00.
BEST WINDOW 02:00–06:00 · ASTRO DARK 21:00–06:00 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.48
Seeing
0.76
Cloud
38%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

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

Sky state
Lighter = daylight and twilight  ·  unshaded = astronomical dark
Score
19
20
21
22
23
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
0
4
37
43
31
32
32
41
45
50
36
28
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
9%
16%
12%
7%
16%
22%
35%
18%
20%
20%
23%
20%
22%
Mid cloud
28%
34%
30%
5%
45%
39%
31%
0%
0%
1%
3%
6%
3%
High cloud
77%
71%
38%
59%
27%
23%
9%
58%
43%
22%
38%
31%
19%
Transparency
0.47
0.46
0.46
0.47
0.47
0.47
0.48
0.48
0.47
0.46
0.14
0.43
0.43
Seeing
0.65
0.68
0.72
0.67
0.64
0.63
0.65
0.67
0.70
0.68
0.68
0.76
0.80
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
19 Clouded out · 0/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−61
Transparency
−8
Seeing
−3
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−28
Score
0
CLOUD 85% LOW 9% MID 28% HIGH 77% SUN 6.3° MOON 8.7° / 0% WIND 6 TEMP 29°
Excellent 75+ Good 55+ Fair 35+ Poor 15+ Not worth it Seeing is estimated from surface wind — see how we score.
Tonight's limiting factor
What the GoodSeeing score actually measures

One number from 0 to 100 per hour, combining cloud, transparency, seeing, moonlight and darkness. Cloud gates everything else — no amount of steady, dark air rescues an overcast sky.

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 01:30 · OBSERVE 02:00–06:00 · 4H · MEAN 44

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

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TWILIGHT BEGINS 06:00
SET UP 01:30 · OBSERVE 02:00–07:00 · 5H · MEAN 45

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

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TWILIGHT BEGINS 07:00MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 02:30 · OBSERVE 03:00–05:00 · 2H · MEAN 44

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

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SET UP 03:30 · OBSERVE 04:00–05:00 · 1H · MEAN 36

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:00
SET UP 01:30 · OBSERVE 02:00–06:00 · 4H · MEAN 43

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

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TWILIGHT BEGINS 06:00
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
50
Fair
MOON 0%
02:00–06:00
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
35
Fair
MOON 2%
23:00–00:00
Friday · 14 Aug
61
Good
MOON 6%
01:00–06:00
Saturday · 15 Aug
21
Poor
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
18
Poor
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
21
Poor
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
11
Clouded out
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Kotu, Gambia 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 →