#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA issued Sun 02/08 - Overall Outlook: Fair due to #BitterCold Imaging: Poor to Excellent, depending on the subject, cloud cover, temperature, and #WindChills / Viewing: Poor due to #BitterCold and #WindChills Weather tonight: Mostly clear with a low around 5 and northwest winds around 5 mph. Air Quality: 4.4 - W.H.O. Good Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 58% 🌖 Moon Alt° Dir: 1:05am: 0° ESE ↑ | 2am: 8° SE ↑ | 3am: 16° SE ↑ | 4am: 22° SSE ↑ | 5am: 26° SSE ↑ | 6am: 27° S ↓ Average Darkness Rating: 5.7 (Partially illuminated). There will be good darkness from 6:50pm to 5:50am. Viewing Impacts: During the 11 hour, 30 minute viewing hours (6:40pm to 6:10am), cloud cover will be 5% to 24% (13% average) with above average transparency and poor seeing. Viewing Temp: Poor Expectations: During frequent breaks in the clouds, you can expect mostly poor to fair observations of planets, poor to mostly good observations of galaxies and nebulae, and excellent observations of open clusters, planetary nebulae, and large globulars. Stars will be very diffused to somewhat sharp. Capture Time Rating: Excellent. 87.2% of the viewing hours, or 10 hours and 1 minute are available for capture/viewing. #Astronomy #Space #NASA #Weather #WaynesboroPA #PAwx
#Stargazing #Forecast for #FranklinCountyPA for Sun 02/08 - Overall Outlook: Fair due to #BitterCold
Imaging: Poor to Excellent, depending on the subject, cloud cover, temperature, and #WindChills / Viewing: Poor due to #BitterCold and #WindChills
Moon phase: Waning Gibbous / Illumination: 58% 🌖