Rule
Dark Skies
Saariselkä - Dark Skies - Finnish Lapland
Saariselka, Lapland, Finland
Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography
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Dark Skies
Saariselkä
Thu, Feb 12 · 19:24–03:00 · 8h window
Low confidence
31%
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5%
🌕Moon Illumination15.6-23.2%
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Saariselkä
Fri, Feb 13 · 03:00–04:00
☁️Total Cloud Coverage:4.4%
Medium
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hour0matching hours in the next 72 hours
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time Europe/Helsinki | Astronomical Night Any | Total Cloud Coverage ≤ 20.0% | Visibility ≥ 12000.0m | Precipitation Chance ≤ 10.0% | Moon Illumination OR1·B1≤ 35.0% | Moon Altitude OR1·B2≤ 10.0° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Feb 7 | ||||||
| 20:00 | ✓ | 100% | 16879m | 0% | 68% | -28° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 100% | 12123m | 0% | 68% | -24° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 100% | 8909m | 0% | 68% | -19° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 100% | 15159m | 0% | 68% | -13° |
| Sun, Feb 8 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 100% | 19660m | 0% | 68% | -8.4° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 97% | 18389m | 0% | 68% | -3.9° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 91% | 18560m | 0% | 59% | -0.17° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 80% | 17564m | 0% | 59% | 2.6° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 53% | 12398m | 0% | 59% | 4.3° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 50% | 11104m | 0% | 59% | 4.7° |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 49% | 11544m | 0% | 59% | 3.8° |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 55% | 16906m | 0% | 59% | 1.7° |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 97% | 24134m | 0% | 59% | -1.6° |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 100% | 24135m | 3.3% | 59% | -5.7° |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 97% | 24135m | 6.7% | 59% | -11° |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 100% | 24134m | 10% | 59% | -16° |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 100% | 2473m | 6.7% | 59% | -21° |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 100% | 1812m | 3.3% | 59% | -27° |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 100% | 3027m | 0% | 59% | -32° |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 96% | 8654m | 0% | 59% | -36° |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 100% | 8457m | 0% | 59% | -39° |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 100% | 8254m | 0% | 59% | -41° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 100% | 8346m | 0% | 59% | -41° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 100% | 7843m | 0% | 59% | -39° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 100% | 7637m | 0% | 59% | -36° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 75% | 11915m | 3.9% | 59% | -32° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 75% | 11633m | 7.8% | 59% | -27° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 96% | 5474m | 12% | 59% | -22° |
| Mon, Feb 9 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 100% | 949m | 24% | 59% | -16° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 98% | 1162m | 37% | 59% | -12° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 89% | 749m | 50% | 50% | -7.3° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 72% | 2599m | 46% | 50% | -3.8° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 79% | 1746m | 43% | 50% | -1.3° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 88% | 2675m | 39% | 50% | 0.03° |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 96% | 2707m | 33% | 50% | 0.14° |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 100% | 4011m | 28% | 50% | -1° |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 100% | 5535m | 22% | 50% | -3.3° |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 100% | 5498m | 15% | 50% | -6.7° |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 100% | 5498m | 7.4% | 50% | -11° |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 99% | 5751m | 0% | 50% | -16° |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 94% | 6438m | 7.4% | 50% | -21° |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 81% | 6651m | 15% | 50% | -27° |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 69% | 6649m | 22% | 50% | -32° |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 58% | 8012m | 15% | 50% | -37° |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 63% | 7322m | 7.4% | 50% | -41° |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 61% | 7401m | 0% | 50% | -44° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 70% | 7112m | 0% | 50% | -45° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 81% | 6720m | 0% | 50% | -44° |
| 20:00 | ✓ | 89% | 6542m | 0% | 50% | -42° |
| 21:00 | ✓ | 93% | 6593m | 0% | 50% | -39° |
| 22:00 | ✓ | 96% | 6646m | 0% | 50% | -34° |
| 23:00 | ✓ | 97% | 6646m | 0% | 50% | -29° |
| Tue, Feb 10 | ||||||
| 24:00 | ✓ | 98% | 5400m | 13% | 50% | -24° |
| 01:00 | ✓ | 78% | 8244m | 26% | 50% | -19° |
| 02:00 | ✓ | 79% | 24134m | 39% | 40% | -14° |
| 03:00 | ✓ | 79% | 18294m | 26% | 40% | -9.9° |
| 04:00 | ✓ | 80% | 12453m | 13% | 40% | -6.7° |
| 05:00 | ✓ | 80% | 6613m | 0% | 40% | -4.5° |
| 06:00 | ✕ | 86% | 5939m | 13% | 40% | -3.4° |
| 07:00 | ✕ | 91% | 5266m | 26% | 40% | -3.5° |
| 08:00 | ✕ | 97% | 4593m | 39% | 40% | -4.9° |
| 09:00 | ✕ | 95% | 4808m | 26% | 40% | -7.3° |
| 10:00 | ✕ | 93% | 5024m | 13% | 40% | -11° |
| 11:00 | ✕ | 91% | 5240m | 0% | 40% | -15° |
| 12:00 | ✕ | 94% | 5246m | 13% | 40% | -20° |
| 13:00 | ✕ | 97% | 5253m | 26% | 40% | -25° |
| 14:00 | ✕ | 100% | 5260m | 39% | 40% | -31° |
| 15:00 | ✕ | 100% | 4243m | 26% | 40% | -36° |
| 16:00 | ✕ | 99% | 3226m | 13% | 40% | -41° |
| 17:00 | ✕ | 99% | 2209m | 0% | 40% | -45° |
| 18:00 | ✕ | 99% | 1937m | 0% | 40% | -47° |
| 19:00 | ✓ | 100% | 1665m | 0% | 40% | -48° |
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.
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