Tonight Pick
Tonight Overview
Decide quickly if this session is worth the setup
Lead with the decision, the best window, and the conditions most likely to change what you do next.
Tonight at Dartmoor, UK
Best viewing near midnight.
Prime conditions with a short dark-sky window later tonight.
Go
Worth setting up tonight
A solid dark window and a strong peak hour make this a high-value session.
Timezone-local forecast and moon estimate.
Best Window Finder
Night quality timeline
7-Night Outlook
Clear sky trend
86
Transparency
Excellent contrast
Dry upper air and low haze make faint objects easier to pick out.
62
Dew Point Risk
Moderate risk later
Lens heaters recommended after 01:00 as surface cooling picks up.
Moon & Darkness
Dark window starts 22:18
Moonset before midnight keeps the second half of the night much darker.
Live Conditions
Watch the sky and the weather together
Keep the near-term telemetry, cloud layers, and area map in one place so the tactical view is easy to read.
Live Telemetry
Cloud, humidity, wind, and visibility
Cloud
Humidity
Wind
Visibility
Windy Cloud Map
Current observing area
Atmosphere
Low, mid, and high cloud layers
Low cloud
Mid cloud
High cloud
Stability
Seeing and setup pressure
Hourly Quality
Session confidence curve
Quick Look
Field conditions
Astronomy
Targets, altitude, and moon impact
Keep the object-facing parts of the night together so the dashboard feels distinct from the operational weather view.
Sky Targets
Altitude tracks for tonight
Moon Watch
Darkness and faint target impact
Waxing crescent
Low moon impact tonight
Planner
Turn the forecast into a usable session plan
Group the recommendation engine, the runbook, and the named-object picks so the planning lane feels coherent.
Session Planner
Recommended targets
Target Spotlight
Best named objects for this session
Night Run
Hour-by-hour observing plan
Live Notes
Field checklist
Watchouts