Sky transparency — night of 2–3 August 2026

No cloud onset detected. The transparency index held at 100 (IQR 93–112) across 40 light frames. Guiding held at 0.66″ RMS (RA 0.47″, Dec 0.46″) over 3.8 h; the worst minute was 1.97″ at 22:44.

Transparency index
100 · IQR 93–112
Light frames
40
Autofocus runs
9
Failures
3 · solve + PHD2
Guide RMS
0.66″ · RA 0.47 · Dec 0.46

Normalised transparency index, by filter

100 = that target and filter's own clear‑sky median (this night's own pre-cloud median). Shaded columns are autofocus runs; the first target is named at the top left and dashed vertical rules mark each target change; ticks along the base are errors.

H α O III S II ▲ Plate solve failed ◆ PHD2 error
05010015020019:0020:0021:0022:0023:00% of clear-sky medianclear-sky baselineRCW 108 Panel 1→ RCW 108 Panel 1OHS

All‑sky background brightness

Mean luminance of the upper sky per all‑sky still — independent of anything N.I.N.A. recorded. The camera auto‑exposes, so this is an instrumental number, not photometry.

01020304019:0020:0021:0022:0023:00Mean sky luminance (0–255)

PHD2 guiding

RMS tracking error per minute from the PHD2 guide log, taken about zero rather than about each minute's mean, so slow drift counts as error. 4821 guide frames over 3.8 h of guiding in 10 sessions; the gaps are slews, dither settles and autofocus runs, when PHD2 was not guiding. PHD2 discarded 63 further frames — usually a lost star. The worst minute (1.97″ at 22:44) is clamped at the top of the plot.

RA RMS Dec RMS ◆ PHD2 error
0.00.30.60.91.219:0020:0021:0022:0023:00RMS guide error (arcsec)night RMS 0.66″RADec

Clear‑sky reference medians

The divisors behind the index — median detected stars per light sub.

TargetFilterMedian starsFramesSource
RCW 108 Panel 1H67616tonight, clear frames
RCW 108 Panel 1O70612tonight, clear frames
RCW 108 Panel 1S150512tonight, clear frames

Event timeline

All observatory events with their attributed causes.

AF failedautofocus run started 18:41:39 did not completeunexplained
PHD2timed-out waiting for guider to settleunexplained
PHD2timed-out waiting for guider to settleunexplained
PHD2timed-out waiting for guider to settleunexplained
All 127 frames
TimeClassTargetFilterExpStarsHFRIndex
18:42:33autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1304.13—
18:42:46autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1283.72—
18:42:56autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1313.76—
18:43:06autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1623.25—
18:43:18autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1563.24—
18:43:30autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1833.13—
18:43:42autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1074.54—
18:43:54autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s775.81—
18:44:06autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s308.82—
18:44:17autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s2010.48—
18:44:33autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s815.18—
18:44:45autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1H4s1742.98—
18:51:03lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6743.33100%
18:56:16lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6693.3799%
19:01:30lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6353.4794%
19:06:42lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s5533.7382%
19:12:46lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s8453.58120%
19:13:22autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1683.31—
19:13:35autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1064.15—
19:13:45autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1114.11—
19:13:55autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1293.58—
19:14:07autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1593.42—
19:14:19autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1563.61—
19:14:31autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s994.65—
19:14:43autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s506.49—
19:14:59autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1473.65—
19:20:38lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s7024.3899%
19:25:51lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s6794.4596%
19:31:08lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s7064.46100%
19:37:07lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s15053.89100%
19:42:28lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s16393.73109%
19:47:40lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s16973.66113%
19:48:00autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2023.41—
19:48:14autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1105.42—
19:48:24autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1065.33—
19:48:34autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1444.26—
19:48:46autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1913.39—
19:48:58autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2063.40—
19:49:10autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1484.27—
19:49:22autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s886.24—
19:49:34autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s707.00—
19:49:50autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1783.71—
19:55:30lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s14074.1393%
20:00:38lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6243.7892%
20:05:51lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6733.61100%
20:11:05lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6853.59101%
20:16:18lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6823.62101%
20:22:27lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s7334.49104%
20:26:15autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1344.17—
20:26:27autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1393.66—
20:26:38autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1683.37—
20:26:47autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1803.12—
20:26:59autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1863.04—
20:27:11autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1703.57—
20:27:23autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s835.47—
20:27:35autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s646.83—
20:27:47autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s289.58—
20:28:03autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1314.48—
20:33:46lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s6085.3886%
20:39:10lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s6405.2891%
20:44:32lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s6445.1691%
20:50:07lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s13624.5490%
20:55:23lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s14654.4097%
21:00:55lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s14884.3099%
21:01:18autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2153.68—
21:01:32autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1683.98—
21:01:42autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1693.80—
21:01:52autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2093.46—
21:02:04autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s3012.61—
21:02:16autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2862.99—
21:02:28autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1694.46—
21:02:38autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s936.22—
21:02:54autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2623.17—
21:08:35lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s18623.70124%
21:13:42lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s8733.16129%
21:19:18lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s8853.13131%
21:24:36lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s8983.11133%
21:30:06lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s9173.05136%
21:36:15lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s9243.83131%
21:37:10autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1763.39—
21:37:23autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s944.68—
21:37:33autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s994.41—
21:37:43autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1393.66—
21:37:55autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1773.10—
21:38:07autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1873.06—
21:38:21autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1513.62—
21:38:34autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s845.56—
21:38:50autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1533.77—
21:44:35lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s6894.6998%
21:49:54lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s7274.61103%
21:50:37autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1433.79—
21:50:50autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1313.87—
21:51:01autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s974.24—
21:51:10autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1153.67—
21:51:22autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1763.10—
21:51:34autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1394.08—
21:51:46autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1204.54—
21:51:56autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s546.58—
21:52:12autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1693.17—
21:57:55lightRCW 108 Panel 1O300s8933.64126%
22:03:23lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s17343.49115%
22:08:56lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s15393.69102%
22:14:27lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s13763.8191%
22:14:53autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1833.53—
22:15:07autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s945.31—
22:15:17autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s805.86—
22:15:27autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1164.62—
22:15:41autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1763.40—
22:15:55autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s2283.00—
22:16:09autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1863.66—
22:16:23autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1284.79—
22:16:33autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s646.98—
22:16:51autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1S5s1654.05—
22:22:36lightRCW 108 Panel 1S300s11834.4979%
22:27:44lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6763.72100%
22:33:04lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6973.68103%
22:38:50lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s6003.8689%
22:44:09lightRCW 108 Panel 1H300s5553.9582%
22:45:18autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1064.18—
22:45:32autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s824.47—
22:45:42autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1103.97—
22:45:52autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1123.79—
22:46:04autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1643.06—
22:46:16autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1193.96—
22:46:28autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1034.35—
22:46:40autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s656.25—
22:46:56autofocusRCW 108 Panel 1O4s1583.33—

Star counts come from Hocus Focus detection on each saved sub, tagged with the filter in place at exposure start and the target then being imaged. Frames inside completed autofocus runs are excluded. Still capture times come from the AllSky filenames. All times are local.