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Sangod

24.927° N   76.287° E  ·  266 M
57 /100
PEAK
Worth setting up — 2 hours of workable sky from 03:30.
BEST WINDOW 03:30–05:30 · ASTRO DARK 22:30–05:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.23
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
20%
Moon
0%

Good tonight

Hour by hour, local to Sangod. 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
06
43
42
31
25
33
57
54
0
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
16%
30%
50%
41%
41%
12%
19%
100%
23%
Mid cloud
9%
1%
1%
4%
5%
2%
1%
0%
0%
High cloud
33%
20%
15%
67%
27%
7%
2%
18%
3%
Transparency
0.20
0.19
0.20
0.23
0.23
0.22
0.19
0.20
0.22
Seeing
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.97
0.98
Moon clear
down
down
down
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
22 Fair · 43/100
Starting from
100
Cloud
−37
Transparency
−20
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
43
CLOUD 45% LOW 16% MID 9% HIGH 33% SUN -40.5° MOON -39.0° / 0% WIND 1 TEMP 26°
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
Conditions for planets and the Moon

Seeing is everything. Darkness and moonlight barely matter, and a hazy, humid night that ruins deep-sky work is often the steadiest night of the year for planetary detail.

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 03:00 · OBSERVE 03:30–05:30 · 2H · MEAN 56

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 03:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30
SET UP 02:00 · OBSERVE 02:30–05:30 · 3H · MEAN 60

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 02:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30MOONLIGHT IGNORED FOR THIS TARGET
SET UP 03:00 · OBSERVE 03:30–05:30 · 2H · MEAN 51

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 03:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30
SET UP 03:00 · OBSERVE 03:30–05:30 · 2H · MEAN 40

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 03:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30
SET UP 03:00 · OBSERVE 03:30–05:30 · 2H · MEAN 58

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

2200020406
HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 03:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
57
Good
MOON 0%
03:30–05:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
27
Poor
MOON 2%
Friday · 14 Aug
21
Poor
MOON 6%
Saturday · 15 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
10
Clouded out
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
17
Poor
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Sangod, 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 →