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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
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Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Telluride
Wed, May 27 · 03:00–04:02 · 1h window
Low confidence
37%
🌛Moon Altitude-5.8-5.4°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage3.3-4.6%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Telluride
Thu, May 28 · 03:00–04:01
🌛Moon Altitude:-0.9-9.5°
Low

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
2matching hours in the next 80 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
22:0034%24134m0%61%48°
23:0029%24135m0%61%38°
Sun, May 24
24:004.5%24134m0%61%27°
01:004.3%24134m0%61%16°
02:000%24134m0%61%3.9°
03:000%24134m0%61%-7.6°
04:001.9%24135m0%61%-19°
05:004.9%24134m0%61%-29°
06:004.9%24135m0%61%-38°
07:004.8%24135m13%61%-45°
08:0085%24135m26%61%-48°
09:0034%24134m39%61%-47°
10:0099%24134m39%61%-42°
11:00100%24134m39%61%-34°
12:00100%21623m39%61%-25°
13:0084%24135m26%61%-14°
14:00100%14983m13%61%-2.9°
15:00100%22943m0%61%8.4°
16:0097%24134m0%61%20°
17:0052%24135m0%61%30°
18:0056%24135m0%71%40°
19:0096%24135m1.7%71%48°
20:0025%24135m3.3%71%52°
21:0050%24135m5%71%53°
22:004.5%24134m3.3%71%48°
23:006.2%24134m1.7%71%40°
Mon, May 25
24:0085%24134m0%71%31°
01:0065%24135m0%71%20°
02:0099%24134m0%71%8.4°
03:0099%24135m0%71%-3.2°
04:0095%24135m33%71%-15°
05:00100%24134m67%71%-26°
06:0096%24135m100%71%-36°
07:0088%24134m84%71%-45°
08:0084%24134m67%71%-52°
09:00100%24134m51%71%-54°
10:00100%24134m62%71%-52°
11:00100%24135m73%71%-45°
12:00100%24134m84%71%-36°
13:00100%24135m84%71%-26°
14:00100%21926m84%71%-15°
15:00100%24135m84%71%-3.3°
16:0028%24134m86%71%7.9°
17:00100%24134m88%71%19°
18:00100%24135m90%80%29°
19:00100%14153m70%80%38°
20:00100%23920m50%80%44°
21:00100%21820m30%80%47°
22:00100%24134m34%80%46°
23:00100%24134m38%80%41°
Tue, May 26
24:0047%24135m42%80%33°
01:00100%24134m51%80%23°
02:00100%24135m60%80%12°
03:0087%23188m69%80%1.2°
04:0099%24135m75%80%-10°
05:00100%23738m81%80%-22°
06:00100%21228m87%80%-33°
07:00100%21161m88%80%-44°
08:0098%18337m89%80%-53°
09:005.7%19109m90%80%-59°
10:0016%20047m92%80%-60°
11:0074%24135m94%80%-55°
12:0092%24134m96%80%-47°
13:0061%24134m80%80%-37°
14:0031%24135m65%80%-26°
15:000.1%24135m49%80%-15°
16:000.2%24135m49%80%-3.5°
17:000.3%24135m49%80%7.5°
18:000.4%24135m49%87%18°
19:002.2%24135m33%87%27°
20:003.9%24135m17%87%35°
21:005.7%24135m0.91%87%40°
22:005.2%24135m0.61%87%41°
23:004.8%24135m0.3%87%39°
Wed, May 27
24:004.3%24135m0%87%34°
01:004.4%24135m0%87%26°
02:004.5%24135m0%87%16°
03:004.6%24135m0%87%5.4°
04:003.3%24135m0%87%-5.8°
05:002.1%24135m0%87%-17°
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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