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Rule Dark Skies

Estes Park - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Estes Park, Colorado, United States

Moonless nights with crystal-clear skies for deep-sky photography

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Estes Park
Thu, Feb 26 · 03:00–06:00 · 3h window
Low confidence
37%
🌛Moon Altitude-10.4-6°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Estes Park
Thu, Feb 26 · 06:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-20.2--16.3°
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Estes Park
Thu, Feb 26 · 08:00–14:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.6-4.9°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
16matching hours in the next 95 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Denver
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 21
18:007.9%24135m0%28%51°
19:0014%24134m0%28%41°
20:0035%24135m0%28%31°
21:009.3%24134m0%28%20°
22:0021%24135m0%28%9.1°
23:004.5%24134m0%28%-1.2°
Sun, Feb 22
24:000.8%24134m0%28%-11°
01:000.8%24134m0%28%-19°
02:005%24135m0%28%-26°
03:005%24135m0%28%-30°
04:009.6%24135m0%28%-32°
05:0012%24134m0%28%-30°
06:0034%24135m0%28%-26°
07:006.5%24135m0%28%-19°
08:0012%24135m0%28%-11°
09:0099%24135m0%28%-1.1°
10:00100%24135m0%28%9.3°
11:0060%24135m0%28%20°
12:009.2%24135m0%28%31°
13:000.8%24135m0%28%42°
14:000%24134m0%28%53°
15:000.8%24134m0%28%63°
16:000%24135m0%28%69°
17:000.8%24134m0%38%69°
18:000.8%24134m0%38%63°
19:004.2%24135m0%38%54°
20:003.4%24134m0%38%43°
21:005%24134m0%38%33°
22:005.5%24134m0%38%22°
23:0038%24135m0%38%11°
Mon, Feb 23
24:0065%24134m0%38%1.4°
01:0097%24135m0%38%-7.7°
02:00100%24135m0%38%-16°
03:00100%24135m0%38%-22°
04:00100%24135m0%38%-25°
05:00100%24135m0%38%-27°
06:0091%24134m0%38%-25°
07:0071%24135m0%38%-21°
08:0074%24135m0%38%-14°
09:0067%24135m0%38%-6.3°
10:0047%24135m0%38%2.9°
11:005%24134m0%38%13°
12:0022%24135m0%38%24°
13:009.8%24134m0%38%35°
14:0024%24134m0%38%46°
15:00100%24135m0%38%56°
16:00100%24135m0%38%66°
17:00100%24134m0%50%74°
18:00100%24135m0%50%73°
19:00100%24134m0%50%66°
20:00100%24134m0%50%56°
21:0092%24135m0%50%45°
22:00100%24135m0%50%34°
23:0098%24135m0%50%24°
Tue, Feb 24
24:0095%24135m0%50%13°
01:00100%23993m0%50%3.7°
02:0093%24135m0%50%-5°
03:0080%24134m0%50%-13°
04:0084%24135m0%50%-18°
05:0048%24135m0%50%-22°
06:0046%24135m0%50%-23°
07:0049%24135m0%50%-22°
08:0085%24134m0%50%-18°
09:0075%24134m0%50%-11°
10:0094%24134m0%50%-3.7°
11:0028%24134m0%50%5.2°
12:0049%24135m7.4%50%15°
13:0025%24135m15%50%25°
14:003.5%24134m22%50%36°
15:0014%24134m27%50%47°
16:0036%24135m32%50%58°
17:0025%24134m38%61%68°
18:0023%21354m44%61%76°
19:0035%19483m50%61%76°
20:00100%18866m56%61%68°
21:0074%18744m68%61%58°
22:00100%23568m79%61%47°
23:00100%24135m91%61%36°
Wed, Feb 25
24:00100%16907m88%61%25°
01:00100%9679m85%61%15°
02:00100%2451m82%61%5.4°
03:0093%7351m87%61%-3.2°
04:0087%12250m91%61%-11°
05:0080%17150m96%61%-16°
06:0087%13289m96%61%-20°
07:0093%9429m96%61%-21°
08:00100%5569m96%61%-20°
09:00100%4038m97%61%-16°
10:0099%2507m98%61%-10°
11:0099%976m99%61%-2.9°
12:0067%8696m84%61%5.8°
13:0036%16415m70%61%15°
14:004.9%24135m55%61%26°
15:003.5%24135m56%61%36°
16:002.2%24135m58%61%47°
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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