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Rule Dark Skies

Steamboat Springs - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Steamboat Springs, 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)
Steamboat Springs
Tomorrow · 10:00–11:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
62%
🌛Moon Altitude2.1°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage4.9%
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Good Dark Skies at Sunrise
Steamboat Springs
Tue, Feb 24 · 07:00–08:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.7°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Thu, Feb 26 · 03:00–04:00
🌛Moon Altitude:6.9°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Thu, Feb 26 · 08:00–14:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-21.5-4.1°
Low
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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Fri, Feb 27 · 05:00–06:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-3.2°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
15matching 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
18:0026%24135m0%28%52°
19:006.1%24134m0%28%42°
20:0010%24135m0%28%32°
21:006.3%24134m0%28%21°
22:006%24135m0%28%10°
23:006.1%24134m0%28%-0.25°
Sun, Feb 22
24:006.1%24134m0%28%-9.8°
01:006.1%24134m0%28%-18°
02:0058%24135m0%28%-25°
03:0022%24135m0%28%-30°
04:0023%24135m0%28%-32°
05:0063%24134m0%28%-30°
06:008.8%24135m0%28%-26°
07:006.1%24135m0%28%-20°
08:007.7%24135m0%28%-11°
09:0053%24135m0%28%-1.9°
10:00100%24135m0%28%8.4°
11:0072%24135m0%28%19°
12:005%24135m0%28%30°
13:0038%24135m0%28%41°
14:005%24134m0%28%52°
15:0025%24134m0%28%62°
16:004.9%24135m0%28%69°
17:004.4%24134m0%38%70°
18:003.7%24134m0%38%64°
19:0018%24135m0%38%55°
20:0046%24134m0%38%44°
21:0086%24134m0%38%34°
22:00100%24134m0%38%23°
23:00100%24135m0%38%12°
Mon, Feb 23
24:0098%24134m0%38%2.3°
01:00100%24135m0%38%-6.8°
02:00100%24135m0%38%-15°
03:00100%24135m0%38%-21°
04:0099%24135m0%38%-25°
05:0076%24135m0%38%-27°
06:0099%24134m0%38%-25°
07:0070%24135m0%38%-21°
08:0033%24135m0%38%-15°
09:0046%24135m0%38%-7°
10:004.9%24135m0%38%2.1°
11:005.6%24134m0%38%12°
12:0011%24135m0%38%23°
13:0074%24134m0%38%34°
14:0016%24134m0%38%45°
15:00100%24135m0%38%55°
16:00100%24135m0%38%66°
17:00100%24134m0%50%73°
18:00100%24135m0%50%74°
19:00100%24134m0%50%67°
20:00100%24134m0%50%57°
21:00100%24135m0%50%46°
22:00100%24135m0%50%35°
23:00100%24135m0%50%25°
Tue, Feb 24
24:00100%24135m0%50%14°
01:00100%24135m0%50%4.6°
02:0073%24135m0%50%-4.2°
03:0063%24134m0%50%-12°
04:0032%24135m0%50%-18°
05:0084%24135m0%50%-22°
06:00100%24135m0%50%-23°
07:0011%24135m0%50%-22°
08:0028%24134m0%50%-18°
09:0036%24134m17%50%-12°
10:0055%24134m33%50%-4.4°
11:0089%24134m50%50%4.4°
12:0092%24135m54%50%14°
13:0071%24135m58%50%24°
14:0071%24134m61%50%35°
15:0079%23378m67%50%46°
16:0080%21019m73%50%57°
17:0099%13680m79%61%67°
18:0099%8571m82%61%76°
19:0099%12586m86%61%76°
20:0099%5721m90%61%69°
21:0098%19113m93%61%59°
22:0082%24134m95%61%48°
23:0098%24135m98%61%37°
Wed, Feb 25
24:0099%16147m96%61%26°
01:0099%8158m94%61%16°
02:00100%170m92%61%6.3°
03:00100%205m94%61%-2.4°
04:00100%240m96%61%-10°
05:00100%275m98%61%-16°
06:00100%211m99%61%-20°
07:00100%146m99%61%-21°
08:00100%82m100%61%-20°
09:00100%8100m100%61%-17°
10:00100%16117m100%61%-11°
11:00100%24135m99%61%-3.6°
12:0067%24135m82%61%
13:0033%24135m64%61%15°
14:000.2%24135m46%61%25°
15:000.6%24135m51%61%35°
16:001%24135m56%61%46°
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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