Monday 2026-11-02

Badlands National Park

Interior, SD

39 Poor conditions. Moon up after 12:17am, 100% cloud.

Astronomical darkness 6:17pm–4:51am (10.56h)

Milky Way core only reaches 2.5°, low enough that haze takes most of it.

Why

Cloud	0	100% cloud, mostly high cirrus, thin to the eye but ruinous for photography
Moon	88	last quarter at 35%, rises 12:17am, dark before that
Darkness	100	10h34m of astronomical darkness, 6:17pm–4:51am
Transparency	0	Dewpoint spread 1.1°C, fog or heavy haze likely
Targets	0	Orionids running, about 0 an hour at best