AstroRick

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You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Fri 08/07 - Overall Outlook: Poor Imaging: Poor to Fair / Viewing: Poor to Excellent. Depending on the subject, clouds, rain, and thunderstorms. Weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm with a low around 70 and calm winds. Air Quality: 13.2 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Waning Crescent / Illumination: 32% 🌘 Moon Alt° Dir: 1:08am: 0° NE ↑ | 2am: 7° ENE ↑ | 3am: 17° ENE ↑ | 4am: 28° ENE ↑ | 5am: 39° E ↑ | 6am: 50° E ↑ Average Bortle Rating: 5.0 (Partially illuminated). There will be good darkness from 9:40pm to 4:50am. Viewing Impacts: During the 10 viewing hours (8:20pm to 6:20am), cloud cover will be 41% to 72% (53% average) with below average transparency and good seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Expectations: During sporadic breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor observations of galaxies and nebulae, mostly poor to good observations of planets, open clusters, and planetary nebulae, and poor to excellent observations of large globulars. Stars will be very diffused to fairly sharp. Capture Time Rating: Fair. 46.5% of the viewing hours, or 4 hours and 39 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Fri 08/07 - KP Index: 3 / Outlook: Very Poor Moderate aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, moderate displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Rankin, and Iqaluit to as far south as Whitehorse, Ft. McMurray, and James Bay, and may be visible low on the horizon as far south as Prince Rupert, Calgary, Minot, Bemidji, Stevens Point, Traverse City and Quebec City, Canada. Moon phase: Waning Crescent / Illumination: 32% 🌘 Waynesboro weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm with a low around 70 and calm winds. Viewing Impacts: During the 10 viewing hours (8:20pm to 6:20am), cloud cover will be 41% to 72% (53% average) with full darkness from 9:40pm to 4:50am. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Thu 08/06 - Overall Outlook: Very Poor Imaging: Poor to Fair / Viewing: Poor to Good. Depending on the subject, clouds, rain, thunderstorms, and fog. Weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight with #PatchyFog after 11pm with a low around 70 and calm winds. Air Quality: 11.6 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Last Quarter / Illumination: 44% 🌗 Moon Alt° Dir: 12:18am: 0° ENE ↑ | 1am: 6° ENE ↑ | 2am: 16° ENE ↑ | 3am: 27° E ↑ | 4am: 38° E ↑ | 5am: 49° E ↑ | 6am: 60° ESE ↑ Average Bortle Rating: 5.0 (Partially illuminated). There will be good darkness from 9:40pm to 4:30am. Viewing Impacts: During the 9 hour, 50 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 6:10am), cloud cover will be 35% to 72% (56% average) with poor transparency and average seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Expectations: During infrequent breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor observations of galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, and planetary nebulae, mostly poor to fair observations of planets, and poor to good observations of large globulars. Stars will be mostly very diffused to somewhat sharp. Capture Time Rating: Fair. 44.0% of the viewing hours, or 4 hours and 19 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Thu 08/06 - KP Index: 3 / Outlook: Very Poor Moderate aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, moderate displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Rankin, and Iqaluit to as far south as Whitehorse, Ft. McMurray, and James Bay, and may be visible low on the horizon as far south as Prince Rupert, Calgary, Minot, Bemidji, Stevens Point, Traverse City and Quebec City, Canada. Moon phase: Last Quarter / Illumination: 44% 🌗 Waynesboro weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 60% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and midnight with #PatchyFog after 11pm with a low around 70 and calm winds. Viewing Impacts: During the 9 hour, 50 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 6:10am), cloud cover will be 35% to 72% (56% average) with full darkness from 9:40pm to 4:30am. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Wed 08/05 - Overall Outlook: Very Poor Imaging: Poor to Fair / Viewing: Poor to Good. Depending on the subject, clouds, rain, thunderstorms, and the moon. Weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm with a low around 69 and calm winds. Air Quality: 12.8 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 55% 🌖 Moon Alt° Dir: 11:39pm: 0° ENE ↑ | 12am: 3° ENE ↑ | 1am: 13° ENE ↑ | 2am: 24° E ↑ | 3am: 36° E ↑ | 4am: 47° E ↑ | 5am: 58° ESE ↑ | 6am: 67° SE ↑ Average Bortle Rating: 5.4 (Partially illuminated). There will be good darkness from 9:50pm to 2:40am. Viewing Impacts: During the 9 hour, 20 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 5:40am), cloud cover will be 38% to 65% (54% average) with poor transparency and poor seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Bright moonlight will impact viewing and especially imaging from 5am to sunrise. Expectations: During sporadic breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor observations of galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, and planetary nebulae, mostly poor to fair observations of planets, and poor to good observations of large globulars. Stars will be mostly very diffused to somewhat sharp. The best directions for imaging/viewing opportunities will be to the N, NNE, NE, ENE, SSW, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, and NNW. Capture Time Rating: Fair. 46.2% of the viewing hours, or 4 hours and 18 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Wed 08/05 - KP Index: 2 / Outlook: Extremely Poor Low aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, low-level displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Gillam, James Bay and Nain, Canada, and may be visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Juneau, Alaska, and Edmonton, Winnipeg and Sept-Iles, Canada. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 55% 🌖 Waynesboro weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm with a low around 69 and calm winds. Viewing Impacts: During the 9 hour, 20 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 5:40am), cloud cover will be 38% to 65% (54% average) with full darkness from 9:50pm to 2:40am. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Tue 08/04 - Overall Outlook: Very Poor Imaging: Poor / Viewing: Poor to Good, depending on the subject, clouds and rain. Weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with an increasing chance of shower and a low around 67 with light east winds. Air Quality: 12.3 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 66% 🌖 Moon Alt° Dir: 11:07pm: 0° ENE ↑ | 12am: 9° ENE ↑ | 1am: 20° E ↑ | 2am: 31° E ↑ | 3am: 42° ESE ↑ | 4am: 53° ESE ↑ | 5am: 62° SE ↑ | 6am: 67° S ↑ Average Bortle Rating: 5.6 (Partially illuminated). There will be good darkness from 9:50pm to 1:10am. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 40 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 5:00am), cloud cover will be 62% to 84% (73% average) with poor transparency and good seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Bright moonlight will impact viewing and especially imaging from 4am to sunrise. Expectations: During very infrequent breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor observations of galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, and planetary nebulae, poor to fair observations of planets, and poor to mostly good observations of large globulars. Stars will be very diffused to mostly somewhat sharp. The best directions for imaging/viewing opportunities will be to the N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, SW, WSW, W, WNW, NW, and NNW. Capture Time Rating: Poor. 27.2% of the viewing hours, or 2 hours and 21 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Tue 08/04 - KP Index: 2 / Outlook: Extremely Poor Low aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, low-level displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Gillam, James Bay and Nain, Canada, and may be visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Juneau, Alaska, and Edmonton, Winnipeg and Sept-Iles, Canada. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 66% 🌖 Waynesboro weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a low around 67 and light east winds. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 40 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 5:00am), cloud cover will be 62% to 84% (73% average) with full darkness from 9:50pm to 1:10am. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Mon 08/03 - Overall Outlook: Poor Imaging: Poor to Good / Viewing: Poor to Excellent. Depending on the subject, clouds, and the moon. Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a low around 63 and north winds around 5 mph. Air Quality: 13.2 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 75% 🌖 Moon Alt° Dir: 10:41pm: 0° ENE ↑ | 11pm: 3° E ↑ | 12am: 14° E ↑ | 1am: 25° E ↑ | 2am: 36° ESE ↑ | 3am: 47° ESE ↑ | 4am: 55° SE ↑ | 5am: 61° SSW ↑ | 6am: 61° SSW ↓ Average Bortle Rating: 6.0 (Illuminated/bright moon). There will be good darkness from 9:50pm to 12:10am. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 4:50am), cloud cover will be 21% to 37% (27% average) with above average transparency and average seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Bright moonlight will impact viewing and especially imaging from 3am to sunrise. Expectations: During somewhat frequent breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor to fair observations of planets, mostly poor to good observations of galaxies and nebulae, poor to excellent observations of open clusters and planetary nebulae, and good to mostly excellent observations of large globulars. Stars will be very diffused to somewhat sharp. The best directions for imaging/viewing opportunities will be to the N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, WSW, W, WNW, NW, and NNW. Capture Time Rating: Good. 73.4% of the viewing hours, or 6 hours and 14 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Mon 08/03 - KP Index: 2 / Outlook: Extremely Poor Low aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, low-level displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Gillam, James Bay and Nain, Canada, and may be visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Juneau, Alaska, and Edmonton, Winnipeg and Sept-Iles, Canada. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 75% 🌖 Waynesboro weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a low around 63 and north winds around 5 mph. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 4:50am), cloud cover will be 21% to 37% (27% average) with full darkness from 9:50pm to 12:10am. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Sun 08/02 - Overall Outlook: Extremely Poor Imaging / Viewing: There will be no opportunities due to clouds, rain, thunderstorms, and the moon. Weather tonight: Cloudy with a 90% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms before 8pm, including a marginal risk of #SevereThunderstorms with a low probability of #Tornadoes, a 5% probability of #DamagingWinds, and a very low probability of #DamagingHail, then showers and #Thunderstorms, mainly between 2am and 5am with a low around 69 and southeast winds around 6 mph becoming south. Air Quality: 13.4 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 84% 🌖 Moon Alt° Dir: 10:18pm: 0° E ↑ | 11pm: 7° E ↑ | 12am: 18° E ↑ | 1am: 29° ESE ↑ | 2am: 40° SE ↑ | 3am: 48° SE ↑ | 4am: 54° SSE ↑ | 5am: 55° S ↓ | 6am: 51° SSW ↓ Average Bortle Rating: 6.2 (Illuminated/bright moon). There will be good darkness from 9:50pm to 11:30pm. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 4:50am), cloud cover will be 76% to 98% (89% average) with poor transparency and bad seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Bright moonlight will impact viewing and especially imaging from 2am to sunrise. Expectations: With overcast skies, clouds, rain, and thunderstorms, you can expect no observations of planets, galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, planetary nebulae, large globulars, or stars. The best directions for imaging/viewing opportunities will be to the N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, WSW, W, WNW, NW, and NNW. Capture Time Rating: Poor. 10.5% of the viewing hours, or 0 hours and 53 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Sun 08/02 - KP Index: 4 / Outlook: Extremely Poor Active aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, active auroral displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Rankin and Iqaluit, Canada; to Juneau, Alaska, and Edmonton, Winnipeg and Sept-Iles, Canada; and may be visible low on the horizon from Vancouver, Canada; Great Falls, Pierre, Madison, Lansing, Portland (Maine), U.S.A.; and Ottawa and St. John’s, Canada. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 84% 🌖 Waynesboro weather tonight: Cloudy with a 90% chance of showers and #Thunderstorms before 8pm, including a marginal risk of #SevereThunderstorms with a low probability of #Tornadoes, a 5% probability of #DamagingWinds, and a very low probability of #DamagingHail, then showers and #Thunderstorms, mainly between 2am and 5am with a low around 69 and southeast winds around 6 mph becoming south. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 4:50am), cloud cover will be 76% to 98% (89% average) with full darkness from 9:50pm to 11:30pm. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Sat 08/01 - Overall Outlook: Very Poor Imaging: Poor / Viewing: Poor to Good, depending on the subject, clouds, and the moon. Weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a low around 71 and southeast winds around 7 mph. Air Quality: 11.2 - Fair/Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 91% 🌖 Moon Alt° Dir: 9:56pm: 0° E ↑ | 10pm: 1° E ↑ | 11pm: 12° ESE ↑ | 12am: 22° ESE ↑ | 1am: 32° SE ↑ | 2am: 41° SE ↑ | 3am: 47° SSE ↑ | 4am: 49° S ↓ | 5am: 47° SSW ↓ | 6am: 41° SW ↓ Average Bortle Rating: 6.4 (Illuminated/bright moon). There will be good darkness from 9:50pm to 11pm. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 4:50am), cloud cover will be 73% to 90% (80% average) with poor transparency and bad seeing. Viewing Temp: Good Bright moonlight will impact viewing and especially imaging from 1am to sunrise. Expectations: During very infrequent breaks in the clouds, you can expect poor observations of planets, galaxies, nebulae, open clusters, and planetary nebulae, and good observations of large globulars. Stars will be very diffused. The best directions for imaging/viewing opportunities will be to the N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, W, WNW, NW, and NNW. Capture Time Rating: Poor. 19.9% of the viewing hours, or 1 hour and 41 minutes are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Aurora #Forecast for #WaynesboroPA issued Sat 08/01 - KP Index: 6 / Outlook: Very Poor High(+) aurora activity forecasted. If skies are clear, highly active auroral displays may be visible overhead from locations such as Inuvik, Yellowknife, Rankin and Iqaluit, Canada, to Vancouver, Helena, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Bay City, Toronto and Montpelier, U.S.A., and Charlottetown, Canada; and may be visible low on the horizon from Salem, Boise, Cheyenne, Lincoln, Indianapolis and Annapolis, U.S.A.. Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 91% 🌖 Waynesboro weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a low around 71 and southeast winds around 7 mph. Viewing Impacts: During the 8 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (8:20pm to 4:50am), cloud cover will be 73% to 90% (80% average) with full darkness from 9:50pm to 11pm. Viewing Temp: Good Forecast courtesy of the UAF Geophysical Institute #FranklinCountyPA #Pennsylvania #UnitedStates #Canada #NorthAmerica #Astronomy #Space
You can find your local #Astronomy forecast at The Clear Sky Chart Home Page: https://www.cleardarksky.com/csk/