Imaging weather

A clear, dark, steady sky is what makes or breaks a night under the stars — whether you're taking long-exposure photos or just looking up. This page pulls the forecast for your spot and reads it the way an astronomer would.

Tonight tells you when the sky actually gets dark (after astronomical twilight), what the Moon is up to — a bright Moon washes out faint stars and galaxies — and scores each dark hour so the best window to head out jumps out at a glance.

The grid below colour-codes the next few days from green (go for it) to red (stay in). Cloud cover is the big one — you can't shoot through it. Wind shakes the telescope, rain keeps you packed up, and a small dew gap means moisture settling on your lens. When shown, jet stream is the high-altitude wind that blurs fine detail (“seeing”) — lower is steadier.