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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) at Sunrise
Steamboat Springs
Sat, Feb 21 · 07:00–08:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
46%
🌛Moon Altitude-17.2°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0.8%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Sat, Feb 21 · 08:00–10:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-7.4-3.1°
Low
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Sat, Feb 21 · 20:00–21:00
🌛Moon Altitude:31.7°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching hours in the next 95 hours
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°
Mon, Feb 16
06:00100%24134m0%1.2%-7.6°
07:00100%24135m0%1.2%2.8°
08:00100%24135m0%1.2%12°
09:00100%24135m0%1.2%21°
10:00100%24134m0%1.2%27°
11:00100%24135m0%1.2%32°
12:00100%24134m0%1.2%33°
13:00100%24134m0%1.2%31°
14:00100%24135m0%1.2%26°
15:00100%24134m0%1.2%19°
16:00100%24134m0%1.2%11°
17:00100%24134m0%0%0.89°
18:00100%24134m0%0%-9.5°
19:0098%24134m0%0%-20°
20:0064%24135m0%0%-31°
21:000%24134m32%0%-42°
22:000%24134m64%0%-52°
23:000%24134m97%0%-59°
Tue, Feb 17
24:005%24134m99%0%-63°
01:006.7%24134m99%0%-61°
02:00100%24134m100%0%-55°
03:00100%23925m100%0%-45°
04:00100%809m100%0%-35°
05:00100%236m100%0%-24°
06:00100%181m100%0%-13°
07:00100%718m100%0%-1.7°
08:0060%9342m100%0%8.9°
09:0099%18179m100%0%19°
10:0098%14646m100%0%27°
11:00100%4274m100%0%34°
12:00100%778m87%0%38°
13:00100%337m74%0%38°
14:00100%2709m61%0%36°
15:00100%1580m70%0%30°
16:0099%2258m79%0%22°
17:00100%970m88%1.2%13°
18:00100%3194m82%1.2%2.5°
19:00100%564m77%1.2%-8.2°
20:00100%409m71%1.2%-19°
21:00100%72m78%1.2%-30°
22:00100%106m85%1.2%-40°
23:00100%56m93%1.2%-49°
Wed, Feb 18
24:00100%69m95%1.2%-55°
01:00100%200m97%1.2%-57°
02:00100%460m99%1.2%-55°
03:00100%137m99%1.2%-48°
04:00100%724m99%1.2%-39°
05:00100%232m100%1.2%-28°
06:00100%196m99%1.2%-17°
07:00100%2961m99%1.2%-6.1°
08:00100%2808m99%1.2%5.1°
09:00100%662m99%1.2%16°
10:00100%507m100%1.2%26°
11:00100%376m100%1.2%34°
12:00100%1402m99%1.2%41°
13:00100%2563m99%1.2%45°
14:00100%4829m98%1.2%44°
15:00100%3894m99%1.2%40°
16:00100%11576m99%1.2%34°
17:00100%649m100%4.5%25°
18:00100%2862m99%4.5%15°
19:00100%7955m98%4.5%4.2°
20:00100%82m98%4.5%-6.6°
21:0099%81m98%4.5%-17°
22:00100%91m99%4.5%-28°
23:00100%318m100%4.5%-37°
Thu, Feb 19
24:00100%88m89%4.5%-45°
01:00100%73m79%4.5%-50°
02:00100%107m69%4.5%-51°
03:00100%73m76%4.5%-47°
04:00100%408m83%4.5%-40°
05:0099%1517m90%4.5%-31°
06:00100%4208m87%4.5%-21°
07:00100%4645m85%4.5%-10°
08:00100%1417m82%4.5%0.96°
09:00100%113m85%4.5%12°
10:00100%310m88%4.5%23°
11:0080%9241m91%4.5%33°
12:0086%14206m68%4.5%42°
13:0093%19170m45%4.5%49°
14:00100%24135m22%4.5%52°
15:0094%24135m28%4.5%50°
16:0088%24135m33%4.5%45°
17:0082%24135m39%10%37°
18:0088%24135m39%10%27°
19:0094%24135m39%10%17°
20:00100%24135m39%10%
21:00100%24135m45%10%-4.8°
22:00100%24135m50%10%-15°
23:00100%24135m56%10%-25°
Fri, Feb 20
24:00100%24135m53%10%-34°
01:00100%24135m50%10%-40°
02:00100%24135m47%10%-44°
03:00100%24135m51%10%-43°
04:00100%24135m54%10%-40°
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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