Sky Conditions


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Default observer: Peter C. Chapin

Date Time Weather Summary Sky Conditions Summary
2008-01-01 22:00 temperature = -4.9 C
Snowing lightly.
rating = 0
The sky is unobservable.
2008-01-08 21:30 temperature = 3.3 C
Clear and unseasonably warm. Some thin clouds along the north horizon but they are very minor.
rating = 4
Conditions are very good. There is no moon so deep sky observing would be effective.
2008-01-10 18:25 temperature = -0.7 C
Mostly clear but there are thin, partly transparent clouds over much of the sky.
rating = 3
There is good viewing in some directions (particularly in the Auriga region). However, in many parts of the sky the thin clouds cause a very significant degradation of viewing conditions.
2008-10-03 22:05 temperature = 7.9 C
Mostly cloudy. A few clear spots in the extreme east and west.
rating = 1
Very limited opportunities for viewing.

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