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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

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Times shown in America/Denver
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Tomorrow · 02:00–03:00 · 1h window
Medium confidence
60%
🌛Moon Altitude7.3°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Steamboat Springs
Thu, May 28 · 03:00–03:42
🌛Moon Altitude:7.6°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
1matching hours in the next 79 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, May 23
23:0027%24135m0%61%36°
Sun, May 24
24:0019%24134m0%61%26°
01:004.5%24134m0%61%15°
02:000%24134m0%61%3.4°
03:000%24134m0%61%-7.7°
04:003.1%24135m0%61%-18°
05:001.7%24134m0%61%-28°
06:0040%24135m0%61%-36°
07:009.3%24135m0%61%-43°
08:00100%24135m0%61%-45°
09:00100%24134m0%61%-44°
10:0076%24134m0%61%-39°
11:0079%24134m0%61%-32°
12:0082%24134m0%61%-23°
13:00100%24135m4.9%61%-13°
14:0083%24134m9.8%61%-1.9°
15:0086%24135m15%61%
16:0094%24134m17%61%20°
17:0089%24135m20%61%30°
18:0034%24135m22%71%39°
19:0044%24135m15%71%46°
20:0049%24135m8%71%50°
21:005%24135m0.91%71%50°
22:0017%24134m0.61%71%46°
23:0075%24134m0.3%71%38°
Mon, May 25
24:006.4%24134m0%71%29°
01:007.3%24135m0%71%18°
02:005%24134m0%71%7.3°
03:0034%24135m0%71%-3.9°
04:006%24135m0%71%-15°
05:0037%24134m0%71%-26°
06:005%24135m0%71%-36°
07:005%24134m0%71%-44°
08:005%24134m0%71%-50°
09:0012%24134m0%71%-52°
10:0087%24134m5.6%71%-49°
11:0057%24135m11%71%-43°
12:0085%24134m17%71%-34°
13:0099%24135m34%71%-24°
14:00100%24134m52%71%-14°
15:0099%23883m69%71%-2.7°
16:004%24134m72%71%8.1°
17:0099%24134m75%71%19°
18:00100%21204m79%80%28°
19:00100%8434m52%80%36°
20:00100%13093m26%80%42°
21:00100%24134m0%80%44°
22:0096%24134m0%80%43°
23:0097%24134m0%80%38°
Tue, May 26
24:00100%24135m0%80%31°
01:00100%24134m13%80%21°
02:00100%24135m26%80%11°
03:0068%24134m39%80%0.01°
04:00100%24135m52%80%-11°
05:0097%24134m65%80%-22°
06:0088%24134m78%80%-33°
07:00100%24134m84%80%-43°
08:0096%24135m90%80%-51°
09:00100%24135m96%80%-57°
10:00100%24134m97%80%-57°
11:00100%23731m97%80%-53°
12:00100%8361m97%80%-45°
13:00100%11333m93%80%-35°
14:0099%14304m88%80%-25°
15:0099%17276m84%80%-14°
16:0099%19562m84%80%-3.2°
17:0098%21849m84%80%7.4°
18:0098%24135m84%87%17°
19:0069%24135m61%87%26°
20:0041%24135m37%87%33°
21:0013%24135m13%87%37°
22:0042%24135m8.8%87%39°
23:0071%24135m4.4%87%36°
Wed, May 27
24:00100%24135m0%87%31°
01:0098%24135m3.1%87%23°
02:0095%24135m6.2%87%14°
03:0093%24135m9.3%87%3.9°
04:0080%24135m23%87%-7°
05:0068%24135m36%87%-18°
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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