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Shahdol

23.294° N   81.362° E  ·  468 M
36 /100
PEAK
Marginal, but there is a 1 hour gap from 03:30.
BEST WINDOW 03:30–04:30 · ASTRO DARK 21:30–04:30 · MOON 0%
Transparency
0.22
Seeing
1.00
Cloud
34%
Moon
0%

Fair tonight

Hour by hour, local to Shahdol. 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
28
22
28
26
26
36
42
0
BEST WINDOW
Low cloud
20%
8%
16%
7%
11%
20%
5%
7%
19%
Mid cloud
18%
12%
17%
4%
23%
2%
0%
6%
5%
High cloud
63%
93%
100%
99%
83%
91%
79%
25%
74%
Transparency
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.21
0.19
0.17
0.17
0.16
0.17
Seeing
1.00
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
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
−56
Transparency
−14
Seeing
−0
Moonlight
−0
Darkness
−0
Score
30
CLOUD 71% LOW 20% MID 18% HIGH 63% SUN -35.3° MOON -34.0° / 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.

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 04:00 · OBSERVE 04:30–05:30 · 1H · MEAN 37

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30
SET UP 03:00 · OBSERVE 03:30–05:30 · 2H · MEAN 52

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

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CLOUD RETURNS 05:30MOONLIGHT 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.

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
NO USABLE WINDOW FOR THIS TARGET TONIGHT

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

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CONDITIONS STAY BELOW THE USABLE THRESHOLD
SET UP 04:00 · OBSERVE 04:30–05:30 · 1H · MEAN 38

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

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HIGH CLOUD CLEARS 04:30CLOUD RETURNS 05:30
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The next week of nights

Tonight · 12 Aug
36
Fair
MOON 0%
03:30–04:30
Tomorrow · 13 Aug
27
Poor
MOON 2%
Friday · 14 Aug
19
Poor
MOON 6%
Saturday · 15 Aug
0
Clouded out
MOON 13%
Sunday · 16 Aug
24
Poor
MOON 21%
Monday · 17 Aug
19
Poor
MOON 30%
Tuesday · 18 Aug
17
Poor
MOON 39%
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About this forecast

Conditions for Shahdol, 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 →