Sky transparency — night of 17–18 August 2026

No cloud onset detected. The transparency index held at 100 (IQR 84–116) across 43 light frames. Guiding held at 0.73″ RMS (RA 0.48″, Dec 0.55″) over 4.7 h; the worst minute was 1.71″ at 00:30. Morning sky flats: 60 frames (H 20, O 20, S 20), 06:52–07:03, auto-exposure 6.5–13.7 s.

Transparency index
100 · IQR 84–116
Light frames
43
Autofocus runs
19
Failures
4 · solve + PHD2
Guide RMS
0.73″ · RA 0.48 · Dec 0.55

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
05010015020020:0021:0022:0023:0000:0001:00% of clear-sky medianclear-sky baselineM 8→ M 8HOS

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.

01020304020:0021:0022:0023:0000:0001:00Mean 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. 2744 guide frames over 4.7 h of guiding in 25 sessions; the gaps are slews, dither settles and autofocus runs, when PHD2 was not guiding. PHD2 discarded 26 further frames — usually a lost star. The worst minute (1.71″ at 00:30) is clamped at the top of the plot.

RA RMS Dec RMS ◆ PHD2 error
0.00.30.60.91.220:0021:0022:0023:0000:0001:00RMS guide error (arcsec)night RMS 0.73″RADec

Clear‑sky reference medians

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

TargetFilterMedian starsFramesSource
M 8H12216tonight, clear frames
M 8O24315tonight, clear frames
M 8S87212tonight, clear frames

Event timeline

All observatory events with their attributed causes.

PHD2timed-out waiting for guider to settleunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 3.5915694339874498 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 5.853619105889498 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF failedautofocus run started 20:15:21 did not completeunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 3.415019078025803 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 3.821303520198163 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF failedautofocus run started 20:52:04 did not completeunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 3.9217179574417647 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 3.6073213225220067 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF failedautofocus run started 21:01:24 did not completeunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 3.9924405554613847 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF rejectednew focus point HFR 5.034485061464123 significantly worse than originalunexplained
AF failedautofocus run started 21:05:29 did not completeunexplained
PHD2timed-out waiting for guider to settleunexplained
PHD2timed-out waiting for guider to settleunexplained
PHD2Guiding stoppedunexplained
All 336 frames (excludes the 60 sky flats — no stars to detect)
TimeClassTargetFilterExpStarsHFRIndex
19:17:37autofocusM 8H4s586.78—
19:17:51autofocusM 8H4s1193.06—
19:18:02autofocusM 8H4s1083.21—
19:18:12autofocusM 8H4s1163.18—
19:18:23autofocusM 8H4s1133.64—
19:18:40autofocusM 8H4s754.20—
19:18:55autofocusM 8H4s485.58—
19:19:07autofocusM 8H4s367.79—
19:19:21autofocusM 8H4s734.24—
19:25:44lightM 8H300s854.2370%
19:26:16autofocusM 8H4s744.38—
19:26:30autofocusM 8H4s377.76—
19:26:40autofocusM 8H4s386.55—
19:26:50autofocusM 8H4s436.36—
19:27:00autofocusM 8H4s684.98—
19:27:10autofocusM 8H4s753.88—
19:27:20autofocusM 8H4s783.88—
19:27:30autofocusM 8H4s585.16—
19:27:40autofocusM 8H4s565.72—
19:27:54autofocusM 8H4s883.97—
19:33:58lightM 8H300s645.7752%
19:39:16lightM 8H300s775.3363%
19:40:04autofocusM 8H4s724.94—
19:40:18autofocusM 8H4s654.67—
19:40:28autofocusM 8H4s724.22—
19:40:38autofocusM 8H4s783.86—
19:40:50autofocusM 8H4s1033.16—
19:41:02autofocusM 8H4s1123.31—
19:41:12autofocusM 8H4s834.17—
19:41:22autofocusM 8H4s606.04—
19:41:38autofocusM 8H4s904.15—
19:47:17lightM 8H300s825.1167%
19:53:25lightM 8O300s1875.9977%
19:58:39lightM 8O300s1995.5882%
20:04:00lightM 8O300s2085.5486%
20:09:16lightM 8O300s2435.04100%
20:15:05lightM 8S300s8723.89100%
20:15:29otherM 8S5s2913.05—
20:15:43otherM 8S5s1843.89—
20:15:53otherM 8S5s1793.93—
20:16:03otherM 8S5s1983.28—
20:16:15otherM 8S5s2532.66—
20:16:27otherM 8S5s3222.67—
20:16:39otherM 8S5s2033.65—
20:16:51otherM 8S5s1285.42—
20:17:07otherM 8S5s2073.59—
20:17:25otherM 8S5s2293.24—
20:17:35otherM 8S5s2173.31—
20:17:45otherM 8S5s2223.06—
20:17:57otherM 8S5s2572.78—
20:18:09otherM 8S5s2902.85—
20:18:21otherM 8S5s1335.20—
20:18:33otherM 8S5s907.13—
20:18:49otherM 8S5s1135.85—
20:19:43autofocusM 8S5s2403.29—
20:19:57autofocusM 8S5s1804.01—
20:20:07autofocusM 8S5s2043.68—
20:20:17autofocusM 8S5s1983.56—
20:20:29autofocusM 8S5s2532.61—
20:20:41autofocusM 8S5s2562.98—
20:20:53autofocusM 8S5s2233.53—
20:21:03autofocusM 8S5s1115.64—
20:21:19autofocusM 8S5s2523.25—
20:26:57lightM 8S300s9523.77109%
20:32:17lightM 8S300s8294.1195%
20:37:59lightM 8S300s7954.1691%
20:43:07lightM 8H300s1513.39124%
20:51:43lightM 8H300s1682.88138%
20:52:18otherM 8H4s1462.75—
20:52:30otherM 8H4s517.40—
20:52:40otherM 8H4s546.99—
20:52:50otherM 8H4s655.85—
20:53:00otherM 8H4s904.09—
20:53:10otherM 8H4s1372.62—
20:53:20otherM 8H4s1492.83—
20:53:30otherM 8H4s1213.44—
20:53:40otherM 8H4s775.66—
20:53:54otherM 8H4s1313.42—
20:54:12otherM 8H4s844.11—
20:54:22otherM 8H4s734.27—
20:54:32otherM 8H4s993.72—
20:54:42otherM 8H4s1612.57—
20:54:52otherM 8H4s1552.86—
20:55:02otherM 8H4s1054.44—
20:55:12otherM 8H4s656.47—
20:55:26otherM 8H4s1123.82—
21:01:12lightM 8H300s1692.88139%
21:01:37otherM 8H4s1063.13—
21:01:50otherM 8H4s467.14—
21:02:00otherM 8H4s516.81—
21:02:10otherM 8H4s575.88—
21:02:20otherM 8H4s884.00—
21:02:30otherM 8H4s1322.80—
21:02:40otherM 8H4s1283.07—
21:02:50otherM 8H4s1003.94—
21:03:00otherM 8H4s576.09—
21:03:14otherM 8H4s1003.92—
21:03:32otherM 8H4s844.26—
21:03:42otherM 8H4s834.02—
21:03:52otherM 8H4s853.61—
21:04:02otherM 8H4s1073.23—
21:04:12otherM 8H4s1123.58—
21:04:22otherM 8H4s735.05—
21:04:32otherM 8H4s457.08—
21:04:46otherM 8H4s1053.61—
21:05:41otherM 8H4s1222.91—
21:05:54otherM 8H4s566.12—
21:06:04otherM 8H4s486.38—
21:06:14otherM 8H4s615.33—
21:06:24otherM 8H4s813.90—
21:06:34otherM 8H4s993.21—
21:06:44otherM 8H4s1053.38—
21:06:54otherM 8H4s1004.24—
21:07:04otherM 8H4s655.70—
21:07:20otherM 8H4s1013.99—
21:07:38otherM 8H4s744.42—
21:07:48otherM 8H4s824.21—
21:07:58otherM 8H4s783.86—
21:08:08otherM 8H4s1043.32—
21:08:18otherM 8H4s1163.39—
21:08:28otherM 8H4s924.72—
21:08:38otherM 8H4s497.17—
21:08:52otherM 8H4s805.03—
21:22:49autofocusM 8L8s6222.16—
21:22:58autofocusM 8L8s5592.34—
21:23:15autofocusM 8L8s2554.69—
21:23:23autofocusM 8L8s2654.51—
21:23:37autofocusM 8L8s2494.69—
21:23:45autofocusM 8L8s2414.94—
21:23:59autofocusM 8L8s2754.31—
21:24:08autofocusM 8L8s2784.30—
21:24:21autofocusM 8L8s3543.29—
21:24:30autofocusM 8L8s3743.29—
21:24:43autofocusM 8L8s5232.40—
21:24:51autofocusM 8L8s5142.34—
21:25:05autofocusM 8L8s6451.89—
21:25:14autofocusM 8L8s6891.83—
21:25:27autofocusM 8L8s6761.89—
21:25:36autofocusM 8L8s7051.86—
21:25:49autofocusM 8L8s5622.44—
21:25:58autofocusM 8L8s5612.51—
21:26:11autofocusM 8L8s3763.74—
21:26:20autofocusM 8L8s3683.52—
21:26:33autofocusM 8L8s2614.83—
21:26:41autofocusM 8L8s2484.92—
21:26:55autofocusM 8L8s2215.56—
21:27:03autofocusM 8L8s2175.56—
21:27:21autofocusM 8L8s5592.47—
21:27:30autofocusM 8L8s5642.47—
21:31:56autofocusM 8L8s5812.26—
21:32:13autofocusM 8L8s2524.93—
21:32:29autofocusM 8L8s4972.47—
21:32:45autofocusM 8L8s6611.84—
21:33:01autofocusM 8L8s7221.80—
21:33:19autofocusM 8L8s5542.60—
21:33:37autofocusM 8L8s4263.43—
21:33:55autofocusM 8L8s2914.40—
21:34:13autofocusM 8L8s2065.60—
21:34:29autofocusM 8L8s1976.12—
21:34:47autofocusM 8L8s7621.72—
21:44:06autofocusM 8L5s6021.92—
21:44:20autofocusM 8L5s1746.30—
21:44:34autofocusM 8L5s2374.79—
21:44:48autofocusM 8L5s2953.57—
21:45:02autofocusM 8L5s4212.72—
21:45:16autofocusM 8L5s6081.91—
21:45:30autofocusM 8L5s6511.89—
21:45:44autofocusM 8L5s5452.36—
21:45:58autofocusM 8L5s3773.40—
21:46:10autofocusM 8L5s3104.22—
21:46:24autofocusM 8L5s2225.52—
21:46:38autofocusM 8L5s6471.84—
21:48:59autofocusM 8L5s6601.85—
21:49:12autofocusM 8L5s2045.44—
21:49:26autofocusM 8L5s2764.19—
21:49:38autofocusM 8L5s3682.92—
21:49:50autofocusM 8L5s5182.26—
21:50:04autofocusM 8L5s6841.80—
21:50:18autofocusM 8L5s5952.07—
21:50:32autofocusM 8L5s5082.62—
21:50:46autofocusM 8L5s3623.63—
21:51:00autofocusM 8L5s2694.71—
21:51:14autofocusM 8L5s6531.80—
21:52:29autofocusM 8L5s6071.93—
21:52:42autofocusM 8L5s2015.52—
21:52:54autofocusM 8L5s2734.11—
21:53:08autofocusM 8L5s3852.97—
21:53:22autofocusM 8L5s5262.18—
21:53:36autofocusM 8L5s6841.74—
21:53:50autofocusM 8L5s5812.22—
21:54:04autofocusM 8L5s4712.85—
21:54:16autofocusM 8L5s3043.98—
21:54:30autofocusM 8L5s2464.76—
21:54:44autofocusM 8L5s6471.82—
21:58:31autofocusM 8H20s872.05—
21:58:59autofocusM 8H20s296.51—
21:59:27autofocusM 8H20s355.29—
21:59:55autofocusM 8H20s474.05—
22:00:23autofocusM 8H20s622.90—
22:00:51autofocusM 8H20s792.14—
22:01:19autofocusM 8H20s1001.77—
22:01:47autofocusM 8H20s912.10—
22:02:15autofocusM 8H20s762.67—
22:02:43autofocusM 8H20s553.72—
22:03:11autofocusM 8H20s404.55—
22:03:39autofocusM 8H20s931.92—
22:05:50autofocusM 8L5s6501.92—
22:06:04autofocusM 8L5s2444.69—
22:06:18autofocusM 8L5s3553.15—
22:06:32autofocusM 8L5s4742.37—
22:06:46autofocusM 8L5s6461.83—
22:07:00autofocusM 8L5s6122.08—
22:07:14autofocusM 8L5s4882.65—
22:07:28autofocusM 8L5s3663.57—
22:07:42autofocusM 8L5s2824.54—
22:07:56autofocusM 8L5s2035.80—
22:08:10autofocusM 8L5s6291.89—
22:10:00autofocusM 8O20s2481.82—
22:10:29autofocusM 8O20s665.79—
22:10:57autofocusM 8O20s884.54—
22:11:25autofocusM 8O20s1223.30—
22:11:53autofocusM 8O20s1972.33—
22:12:21autofocusM 8O20s2601.78—
22:12:49autofocusM 8O20s2501.78—
22:13:17autofocusM 8O20s2002.22—
22:13:45autofocusM 8O20s1533.13—
22:14:13autofocusM 8O20s1184.06—
22:14:41autofocusM 8O20s2701.71—
22:16:00autofocusM 8L5s7271.73—
22:16:14autofocusM 8L5s2315.23—
22:16:26autofocusM 8L5s3013.75—
22:16:38autofocusM 8L5s4232.73—
22:16:52autofocusM 8L5s5971.97—
22:17:06autofocusM 8L5s6821.78—
22:17:20autofocusM 8L5s6102.17—
22:17:34autofocusM 8L5s4662.95—
22:17:48autofocusM 8L5s3423.98—
22:18:00autofocusM 8L5s2375.06—
22:18:14autofocusM 8L5s6831.73—
22:19:55autofocusM 8S20s4521.97—
22:20:23autofocusM 8S20s1286.07—
22:20:51autofocusM 8S20s1654.83—
22:21:19autofocusM 8S20s2543.55—
22:21:47autofocusM 8S20s4352.36—
22:22:15autofocusM 8S20s5631.69—
22:22:43autofocusM 8S20s6481.61—
22:23:11autofocusM 8S20s5941.97—
22:23:39autofocusM 8S20s4182.78—
22:24:07autofocusM 8S20s2723.80—
22:24:35autofocusM 8S20s1685.03—
22:25:03autofocusM 8S20s5891.67—
22:26:37autofocusM 8L5s6611.87—
22:26:50autofocusM 8L5s2205.30—
22:27:02autofocusM 8L5s2923.81—
22:27:16autofocusM 8L5s4392.63—
22:27:30autofocusM 8L5s6391.92—
22:27:44autofocusM 8L5s7001.78—
22:27:58autofocusM 8L5s5662.36—
22:28:12autofocusM 8L5s4323.10—
22:28:26autofocusM 8L5s2924.32—
22:28:40autofocusM 8L5s2315.44—
22:28:54autofocusM 8L5s7081.70—
22:32:04autofocusM 8L5s5332.17—
22:32:16autofocusM 8L5s1866.19—
22:32:28autofocusM 8L5s2295.00—
22:32:42autofocusM 8L5s2823.89—
22:32:56autofocusM 8L5s4142.74—
22:33:10autofocusM 8L5s5692.02—
22:33:24autofocusM 8L5s6621.85—
22:33:38autofocusM 8L5s5782.21—
22:33:52autofocusM 8L5s4802.67—
22:34:06autofocusM 8L5s3084.05—
22:34:20autofocusM 8L5s2364.98—
22:34:34autofocusM 8L5s6941.78—
22:40:19lightM 8H300s1463.05120%
22:46:15lightM 8O300s3453.13142%
22:52:55lightM 8O300s3673.06151%
22:58:14lightM 8O300s3683.00151%
23:03:50lightM 8O300s3333.24137%
23:04:28autofocusM 8L5s6611.77—
23:04:40autofocusM 8L5s2185.43—
23:04:52autofocusM 8L5s2864.04—
23:05:04autofocusM 8L5s3582.96—
23:05:16autofocusM 8L5s4912.26—
23:05:30autofocusM 8L5s6801.74—
23:05:44autofocusM 8L5s6042.05—
23:05:58autofocusM 8L5s4692.72—
23:06:10autofocusM 8L5s3253.76—
23:06:22autofocusM 8L5s2744.73—
23:06:36autofocusM 8L5s6291.80—
23:12:24lightM 8S300s10513.05121%
23:17:40lightM 8S300s9213.24106%
23:23:11lightM 8S300s9333.23107%
23:28:29lightM 8S300s9063.25104%
23:33:37lightM 8H300s1463.09120%
23:38:54lightM 8H300s1313.27107%
23:44:22lightM 8H300s1223.40100%
23:45:20autofocusM 8L5s5651.91—
23:45:32autofocusM 8L5s1726.01—
23:45:44autofocusM 8L5s2514.44—
23:45:56autofocusM 8L5s3123.37—
23:46:08autofocusM 8L5s4152.46—
23:46:22autofocusM 8L5s5721.81—
23:46:36autofocusM 8L5s5362.06—
23:46:50autofocusM 8L5s3992.73—
23:47:02autofocusM 8L5s3233.49—
23:47:14autofocusM 8L5s2264.58—
23:47:28autofocusM 8L5s5102.03—
23:53:05lightM 8H300s1213.4899%
23:59:18lightM 8O300s2823.63116%
00:04:42lightM 8O300s2763.62114%
00:10:10lightM 8O300s2413.9499%
00:15:27lightM 8O300s2663.71109%
00:21:32lightM 8S300s7263.6283%
00:27:09lightM 8S300s6553.7975%
00:32:53lightM 8S300s6253.9172%
00:33:38autofocusM 8L5s5001.98—
00:33:50autofocusM 8L5s1576.07—
00:34:02autofocusM 8L5s2114.73—
00:34:14autofocusM 8L5s2653.64—
00:34:26autofocusM 8L5s3332.75—
00:34:40autofocusM 8L5s4552.10—
00:34:54autofocusM 8L5s5051.93—
00:35:08autofocusM 8L5s4132.41—
00:35:22autofocusM 8L5s3223.23—
00:35:34autofocusM 8L5s2314.22—
00:35:46autofocusM 8L5s1795.15—
00:36:00autofocusM 8L5s5001.91—
00:41:47lightM 8S300s6943.6280%
00:46:56lightM 8H300s1303.37107%
00:52:10lightM 8H300s1183.5197%
00:57:26lightM 8H300s1163.5895%
01:02:42lightM 8H300s1123.6592%
01:08:57lightM 8O300s2154.0888%
01:14:35lightM 8O300s2054.1784%
01:19:50lightM 8O300s2074.1385%

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.