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Rule Dark Skies

Telluride - Dark Skies - Rocky Mountains

Telluride, Colorado, United States

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

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Times shown in America/Denver
Next opportunity
Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Telluride
Tomorrow · 03:00–06:00 · 3h window
Medium confidence
49%
🌛Moon Altitude-29.1--22.9°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage5.1-18.9%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine) at Sunrise
Telluride
Tomorrow · 06:00–07:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-27.8°
Medium
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Good Dark Skies
Telluride
Tomorrow · 08:00–09:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-17.4°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Telluride
Tomorrow · 10:00–11:00
🌛Moon Altitude:0.2°
Medium
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Excellent Dark Skies (pristine)
Telluride
Tue, Feb 24 · 08:00–09:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-20.5°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Telluride
Thu, Feb 26 · 08:00–14:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-24-2.1°
Medium

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
29matching 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
18:005%24135m0%28%54°
19:005%24134m0%28%44°
20:005%24135m0%28%33°
21:005%24134m0%28%21°
22:005%24135m0%28%10°
23:005%24134m0%28%-0.51°
Sun, Feb 22
24:005%24134m0%28%-11°
01:000.1%24134m0%28%-19°
02:000%24135m0%28%-27°
03:000%24135m0%28%-32°
04:004.9%24135m0%28%-34°
05:005%24134m0%28%-33°
06:005%24135m0%28%-29°
07:005.1%24135m0%28%-22°
08:005%24135m0%28%-14°
09:005%24135m0%28%-3.8°
10:005%24135m0%28%6.8°
11:005%24135m0%28%18°
12:005%24135m0%28%29°
13:005%24135m0%28%41°
14:005%24134m0%28%52°
15:005%24134m0%28%63°
16:005%24135m0%28%71°
17:005%24134m0%38%72°
18:0018%24134m0%38%66°
19:0058%24135m0%38%57°
20:0056%24134m0%38%46°
21:0046%24134m0%38%34°
22:0097%24134m0%38%23°
23:00100%24135m0%38%12°
Mon, Feb 23
24:00100%24134m0%38%1.8°
01:00100%24135m0%38%-7.8°
02:0025%24135m0%38%-16°
03:0019%24135m0%38%-23°
04:005.2%24135m0%38%-27°
05:005.1%24135m0%38%-29°
06:005%24134m0%38%-28°
07:00100%24135m0%38%-24°
08:0011%24135m0%38%-17°
09:0024%24135m0%38%-9.2°
10:005%24135m0%38%0.18°
11:0045%24134m0%38%10°
12:0026%22725m0%38%21°
13:0062%22700m0%38%33°
14:005.4%22707m0%38%44°
15:00100%22719m0%38%55°
16:00100%22746m0%38%66°
17:0099%24134m0%50%75°
18:0099%24135m0%50%76°
19:0095%24134m0%50%69°
20:0099%24134m0%50%58°
21:0054%24135m0%50%47°
22:00100%24135m0%50%36°
23:0053%24135m0%50%25°
Tue, Feb 24
24:0098%24135m0%50%14°
01:0090%24135m0%50%
02:00100%24135m0%50%-5.2°
03:0073%24134m0%50%-13°
04:00100%24135m0%50%-20°
05:00100%24135m0%50%-24°
06:0098%24135m0%50%-26°
07:0076%24135m0%50%-24°
08:005.2%24134m0%50%-21°
09:0032%24134m0%50%-14°
10:0045%24134m0%50%-6.7°
11:0066%24134m0%50%2.4°
12:0085%22741m0%50%12°
13:0041%22703m0%50%23°
14:005.3%22714m0%50%34°
15:005.2%22760m0%50%45°
16:005.2%22731m0%50%57°
17:005.3%24134m0%61%68°
18:005%24135m0%61%77°
19:005.6%24135m0%61%79°
20:005%24134m0%61%71°
21:005.1%24135m0%61%60°
22:005.3%24134m0%61%49°
23:005%24135m0%61%37°
Wed, Feb 25
24:0033%24135m5.9%61%26°
01:0061%24135m12%61%16°
02:0089%24135m18%61%5.6°
03:0074%23785m25%61%-3.5°
04:0059%23435m32%61%-11°
05:0044%23085m39%61%-18°
06:0062%16545m51%61%-22°
07:0081%10005m64%61%-24°
08:00100%3464m77%61%-23°
09:0094%4723m83%61%-19°
10:0087%5982m89%61%-13°
11:0081%7240m95%61%-5.9°
12:0079%8045m87%61%2.9°
13:0078%8850m79%61%13°
14:0077%9655m71%61%23°
15:0056%11667m76%61%34°
16:0036%13680m81%61%45°
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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