Sky transparency — night of 12–13 September 2026

Cloud arrived at 05:29 — detected by the all-sky camera, independent of N.I.N.A. Before it the sky ran at index 100 (IQR 92–104); after it 0 (IQR 0–0). 67 of 67 light frames landed before the cloud. 0 of 1 failures are attributed to cloud; 1 remain unexplained and deserve a look. The 05:19 autofocus run fitted its curve on almost no stars and should not be trusted. Morning sky flats: 80 frames (L 20, R 20, G 20, B 20), 06:15–06:19, auto-exposure 0.1–0.1 s.

Index before 05:29
100 · IQR 92–104
Index after 05:29
0 · IQR 0–0
Cloud onset (all-sky)
05:29 · independent
Errors after onset
0 of 1 · solve + PHD2

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.

L R G B ▲ Plate solve failed ◆ PHD2 error
05010015020020:0021:0022:0023:0000:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:00% of clear-sky medianclear-sky baselineNGC 2070 Panel 1→ IC 4628→ IC 4628→ NGC 2070LRGB

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.

02040608020:0021:0022:0023:0000:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:00Mean sky luminance (0–255)all-sky

All‑sky frames at the key moments

Times come from the still filenames, so they line up with the charts exactly.

All-sky at 19:05
19:05 · start of night
All-sky at 05:29
05:29 · cloud onset
All-sky at 05:26
05:26 · peak brightness 78.4
All-sky at 05:58
05:58 · end of night

Clear‑sky reference medians

The divisors behind the index — median detected stars per light sub before 05:29.

TargetFilterMedian starsFramesSource
IC 4628G12752tonight, clear frames
IC 4628L13194tonight, clear frames
IC 4628R11604tonight, clear frames
NGC 2070B82011tonight, clear frames
NGC 2070G86514tonight, clear frames
NGC 2070L87516tonight, clear frames
NGC 2070R84216tonight, clear frames

Event timeline

All observatory events with their attributed causes.

AF failedautofocus run started 22:37:09 did not completeunexplained
PHD2Guiding stoppedunexplained
All 346 frames (excludes the 80 sky flats — no stars to detect)
TimeClassTargetFilterExpStarsHFRIndex
19:04:57autofocusL5s2884.47—
19:05:14autofocusL5s5922.13—
19:05:28autofocusL5s6952.04—
19:05:43autofocusL5s6212.34—
19:05:58autofocusL5s4623.17—
19:06:18autofocusL5s3483.96—
19:06:38autofocusL5s2574.91—
19:06:58autofocusL5s3912.89—
19:07:18autofocusL5s2523.95—
19:07:38autofocusL5s2074.79—
19:07:58autofocusL5s8001.81—
21:16:37autofocusIC 4628L5s6492.46—
21:16:53autofocusIC 4628L5s1996.96—
21:17:08autofocusIC 4628L5s2205.86—
21:17:23autofocusIC 4628L5s3054.71—
21:17:38autofocusIC 4628L5s4593.43—
21:17:58autofocusIC 4628L5s5882.67—
21:18:18autofocusIC 4628L5s7781.94—
21:18:38autofocusIC 4628L5s7952.00—
21:18:58autofocusIC 4628L5s6752.60—
21:19:18autofocusIC 4628L5s5503.23—
21:19:33autofocusIC 4628L5s3834.21—
21:19:53autofocusIC 4628L5s8471.89—
21:25:54lightIC 4628L300s13703.43104%
21:30:56lightIC 4628L300s13113.7999%
21:36:20lightIC 4628L300s13043.7899%
21:41:22lightIC 4628L300s13193.76100%
21:46:47lightIC 4628R300s11604.09100%
21:51:48lightIC 4628R300s10364.3489%
21:57:23lightIC 4628R300s10374.3589%
22:02:24lightIC 4628R300s11664.04101%
22:07:56lightIC 4628G300s12524.2698%
22:12:57lightIC 4628G300s12754.18100%
22:22:07autofocusIC 4628L5s6522.33—
22:22:23autofocusIC 4628L5s2275.99—
22:22:38autofocusIC 4628L5s2814.85—
22:22:53autofocusIC 4628L5s3893.74—
22:23:13autofocusIC 4628L5s4792.97—
22:23:33autofocusIC 4628L5s7362.11—
22:23:53autofocusIC 4628L5s7112.19—
22:24:13autofocusIC 4628L5s6532.52—
22:24:33autofocusIC 4628L5s5583.14—
22:24:53autofocusIC 4628L5s4004.21—
22:25:13autofocusIC 4628L5s6522.30—
22:26:01autofocusIC 4628L5s6992.21—
22:26:18autofocusIC 4628L5s2475.27—
22:26:38autofocusIC 4628L5s3484.02—
22:26:58autofocusIC 4628L5s4923.03—
22:27:18autofocusIC 4628L5s6462.33—
22:27:38autofocusIC 4628L5s7252.15—
22:27:58autofocusIC 4628L5s6752.42—
22:28:18autofocusIC 4628L5s5842.90—
22:28:33autofocusIC 4628L5s4523.72—
22:28:48autofocusIC 4628L5s3514.63—
22:29:08autofocusIC 4628L5s7222.11—
22:29:54autofocusIC 4628L5s6772.24—
22:30:13autofocusIC 4628L5s2335.79—
22:30:28autofocusIC 4628L5s3124.49—
22:30:43autofocusIC 4628L5s4103.44—
22:30:58autofocusIC 4628L5s5972.54—
22:31:18autofocusIC 4628L5s7392.09—
22:31:38autofocusIC 4628L5s6872.30—
22:31:58autofocusIC 4628L5s5702.75—
22:32:13autofocusIC 4628L5s4503.55—
22:32:28autofocusIC 4628L5s3154.79—
22:32:48autofocusIC 4628L5s6362.35—
22:33:34autofocusIC 4628L5s6772.23—
22:33:53autofocusIC 4628L5s2045.91—
22:34:08autofocusIC 4628L5s2414.85—
22:34:23autofocusIC 4628L5s2843.90—
22:34:38autofocusIC 4628L5s5032.78—
22:34:58autofocusIC 4628L5s6202.38—
22:35:18autofocusIC 4628L5s6272.48—
22:35:38autofocusIC 4628L5s5612.79—
22:35:58autofocusIC 4628L5s4063.66—
22:36:13autofocusIC 4628L5s2645.11—
22:36:33autofocusIC 4628L5s7052.13—
22:37:18centeringIC 4628L5s5812.51—
22:37:33centeringIC 4628L5s2614.91—
22:37:48centeringIC 4628L5s3364.01—
22:38:03centeringIC 4628L5s3503.47—
22:38:18centeringIC 4628L5s4802.78—
22:38:38centeringIC 4628L5s6422.30—
22:38:58centeringIC 4628L5s4083.35—
22:39:18centeringIC 4628L5s4553.31—
22:39:33centeringIC 4628L5s3314.12—
22:39:48centeringIC 4628L5s2625.12—
22:40:18centeringIC 4628L5s2025.38—
22:40:33centeringIC 4628L5s3213.99—
22:40:48centeringIC 4628L5s4352.99—
22:41:03centeringIC 4628L5s5482.54—
22:41:23centeringIC 4628L5s5562.56—
22:41:43centeringIC 4628L5s6022.51—
22:42:03centeringIC 4628L5s4113.50—
22:44:06autofocusIC 4628L5s5732.44—
22:44:23autofocusIC 4628L5s2095.82—
22:44:38autofocusIC 4628L5s3114.23—
22:44:53autofocusIC 4628L5s3393.73—
22:45:08autofocusIC 4628L5s6002.42—
22:45:28autofocusIC 4628L5s5922.38—
22:45:48autofocusIC 4628L5s6392.32—
22:46:08autofocusIC 4628L5s5492.83—
22:46:28autofocusIC 4628L5s3953.96—
22:46:43autofocusIC 4628L5s2695.07—
22:46:58autofocusIC 4628L5s2096.09—
22:47:18autofocusIC 4628L5s5462.53—
22:47:32autofocusIC 4628R10s7262.14—
22:47:53autofocusIC 4628R10s2345.25—
22:48:13autofocusIC 4628R10s2754.27—
22:48:38autofocusIC 4628R10s4673.06—
22:48:58autofocusIC 4628R10s5662.57—
22:49:23autofocusIC 4628R10s7032.22—
22:49:48autofocusIC 4628R10s6322.56—
22:50:13autofocusIC 4628R10s4893.15—
22:50:33autofocusIC 4628R10s4073.94—
22:50:58autofocusIC 4628R10s2985.02—
22:51:23autofocusIC 4628R10s6972.18—
22:51:37autofocusIC 4628G10s5802.22—
22:51:58autofocusIC 4628G10s2225.19—
22:52:18autofocusIC 4628G10s3273.66—
22:52:38autofocusIC 4628G10s4422.84—
22:52:58autofocusIC 4628G10s5412.35—
22:53:23autofocusIC 4628G10s6152.17—
22:53:48autofocusIC 4628G10s5412.53—
22:54:13autofocusIC 4628G10s4143.17—
22:54:33autofocusIC 4628G10s3274.04—
22:54:58autofocusIC 4628G10s2525.00—
22:55:23autofocusIC 4628G10s5602.26—
22:55:37autofocusIC 4628B10s5072.25—
22:55:58autofocusIC 4628B10s1925.22—
22:56:23autofocusIC 4628B10s2344.14—
22:56:48autofocusIC 4628B10s3143.11—
22:57:08autofocusIC 4628B10s4012.61—
22:57:33autofocusIC 4628B10s5162.21—
22:57:58autofocusIC 4628B10s4382.60—
22:58:23autofocusIC 4628B10s3783.22—
22:58:43autofocusIC 4628B10s2834.20—
22:59:08autofocusIC 4628B10s2385.01—
22:59:33autofocusIC 4628B10s5042.21—
22:59:46autofocusIC 4628L5s6192.22—
23:00:03autofocusIC 4628L5s2086.00—
23:00:18autofocusIC 4628L5s2864.51—
23:00:33autofocusIC 4628L5s3403.57—
23:00:48autofocusIC 4628L5s5272.59—
23:01:08autofocusIC 4628L5s5762.34—
23:01:28autofocusIC 4628L5s6152.32—
23:01:48autofocusIC 4628L5s5442.69—
23:02:08autofocusIC 4628L5s4293.37—
23:02:23autofocusIC 4628L5s3204.37—
23:02:38autofocusIC 4628L5s2165.38—
23:02:58autofocusIC 4628L5s5512.43—
23:03:15autofocusIC 4628B10s4772.28—
23:03:38autofocusIC 4628B10s1805.14—
23:03:58autofocusIC 4628B10s2483.90—
23:04:23autofocusIC 4628B10s3332.97—
23:04:43autofocusIC 4628B10s4782.26—
23:05:08autofocusIC 4628B10s4932.24—
23:05:33autofocusIC 4628B10s4252.62—
23:05:58autofocusIC 4628B10s3613.26—
23:06:23autofocusIC 4628B10s2374.62—
23:06:48autofocusIC 4628B10s2195.22—
23:07:13autofocusIC 4628B10s5072.10—
23:07:34autofocusIC 4628G10s5082.32—
23:07:58autofocusIC 4628G10s1786.08—
23:08:18autofocusIC 4628G10s2314.58—
23:08:38autofocusIC 4628G10s2753.74—
23:08:58autofocusIC 4628G10s4602.56—
23:09:23autofocusIC 4628G10s5662.17—
23:09:48autofocusIC 4628G10s5312.32—
23:10:13autofocusIC 4628G10s5042.62—
23:10:33autofocusIC 4628G10s4133.17—
23:10:53autofocusIC 4628G10s2954.27—
23:11:18autofocusIC 4628G10s5102.37—
23:11:39autofocusIC 4628R10s5902.36—
23:12:03autofocusIC 4628R10s2016.20—
23:12:23autofocusIC 4628R10s2204.95—
23:12:43autofocusIC 4628R10s3003.91—
23:13:03autofocusIC 4628R10s4782.86—
23:13:28autofocusIC 4628R10s5882.38—
23:13:53autofocusIC 4628R10s6642.22—
23:14:18autofocusIC 4628R10s5632.61—
23:14:43autofocusIC 4628R10s4133.44—
23:15:03autofocusIC 4628R10s3444.27—
23:15:23autofocusIC 4628R10s2655.18—
23:15:48autofocusIC 4628R10s6472.17—
23:16:04autofocusIC 4628L5s5622.30—
23:16:23autofocusIC 4628L5s2045.18—
23:16:38autofocusIC 4628L5s2923.74—
23:16:53autofocusIC 4628L5s3853.00—
23:17:08autofocusIC 4628L5s5442.32—
23:17:28autofocusIC 4628L5s5602.35—
23:17:48autofocusIC 4628L5s5182.56—
23:18:08autofocusIC 4628L5s3973.34—
23:18:28autofocusIC 4628L5s2644.55—
23:18:48autofocusIC 4628L5s2075.42—
23:19:08autofocusIC 4628L5s1756.32—
23:19:28autofocusIC 4628L5s5352.36—
23:19:43autofocusIC 4628G10s4802.41—
23:20:03autofocusIC 4628G10s1765.54—
23:20:23autofocusIC 4628G10s2134.37—
23:20:43autofocusIC 4628G10s3273.29—
23:21:03autofocusIC 4628G10s4652.48—
23:21:28autofocusIC 4628G10s4942.31—
23:21:53autofocusIC 4628G10s4872.43—
23:22:18autofocusIC 4628G10s4043.01—
23:22:38autofocusIC 4628G10s3023.98—
23:22:58autofocusIC 4628G10s2105.07—
23:23:23autofocusIC 4628G10s4862.34—
23:23:44autofocusIC 4628R10s5972.29—
23:24:08autofocusIC 4628R10s1956.15—
23:24:28autofocusIC 4628R10s2384.62—
23:24:48autofocusIC 4628R10s3083.64—
23:25:08autofocusIC 4628R10s4592.86—
23:25:33autofocusIC 4628R10s5832.32—
23:25:58autofocusIC 4628R10s5842.40—
23:26:23autofocusIC 4628R10s4812.93—
23:26:48autofocusIC 4628R10s3473.84—
23:27:08autofocusIC 4628R10s3074.49—
23:27:33autofocusIC 4628R10s6102.23—
23:27:48autofocusIC 4628B10s4492.28—
23:28:08autofocusIC 4628B10s1715.09—
23:28:28autofocusIC 4628B10s2393.53—
23:28:48autofocusIC 4628B10s3342.76—
23:29:08autofocusIC 4628B10s4172.28—
23:29:33autofocusIC 4628B10s4192.36—
23:29:58autofocusIC 4628B10s3872.68—
23:30:23autofocusIC 4628B10s2903.40—
23:30:48autofocusIC 4628B10s2194.49—
23:31:13autofocusIC 4628B10s1645.75—
23:31:38autofocusIC 4628B10s1296.13—
23:32:03autofocusIC 4628B10s4032.35—
23:42:43autofocusNGC 2070L5s3522.47—
23:42:58autofocusNGC 2070L5s1394.26—
23:43:13autofocusNGC 2070L5s2313.05—
23:43:28autofocusNGC 2070L5s4122.24—
23:43:43autofocusNGC 2070L5s4602.12—
23:44:03autofocusNGC 2070L5s3782.36—
23:44:23autofocusNGC 2070L5s2693.03—
23:44:43autofocusNGC 2070L5s1973.89—
23:45:03autofocusNGC 2070L5s1175.15—
23:45:23autofocusNGC 2070L5s1065.45—
23:45:43autofocusNGC 2070L5s4792.03—
23:53:13lightNGC 2070L300s9123.73104%
23:58:14lightNGC 2070L300s8963.74102%
00:04:02lightNGC 2070L300s9143.74104%
00:09:03lightNGC 2070L300s8753.85100%
00:14:48lightNGC 2070R300s8323.9699%
00:19:49lightNGC 2070R300s8533.90101%
00:25:26lightNGC 2070R300s7984.1295%
00:30:27lightNGC 2070R300s7714.2392%
00:36:40lightNGC 2070G300s8654.09100%
00:41:42lightNGC 2070G300s8674.10100%
00:47:08lightNGC 2070G300s9164.00106%
00:52:09lightNGC 2070G300s8114.3194%
00:57:55autofocusNGC 2070B300s7694.40—
00:58:14autofocusNGC 2070L5s4792.16—
00:58:33autofocusNGC 2070L5s966.03—
00:58:48autofocusNGC 2070L5s1364.56—
00:59:03autofocusNGC 2070L5s2133.46—
00:59:18autofocusNGC 2070L5s3532.67—
00:59:38autofocusNGC 2070L5s5681.95—
00:59:58autofocusNGC 2070L5s5082.12—
01:00:18autofocusNGC 2070L5s3452.71—
01:00:33autofocusNGC 2070L5s2493.51—
01:00:48autofocusNGC 2070L5s1734.38—
01:01:08autofocusNGC 2070L5s4252.29—
01:07:15lightNGC 2070B300s8794.11107%
01:12:49lightNGC 2070B300s8474.14103%
01:17:50lightNGC 2070B300s8204.25100%
01:23:32lightNGC 2070L300s8404.1496%
01:28:33lightNGC 2070L300s8284.1395%
01:33:49lightNGC 2070L300s9423.85108%
01:38:51lightNGC 2070L300s9893.70113%
01:44:34lightNGC 2070R300s8993.95107%
01:49:35lightNGC 2070R300s9073.94108%
01:55:07lightNGC 2070R300s9163.87109%
02:00:08lightNGC 2070R300s9443.83112%
02:05:54lightNGC 2070G300s9224.02107%
02:10:56lightNGC 2070G300s8774.11101%
02:16:23lightNGC 2070G300s8554.1399%
02:21:24lightNGC 2070G300s8414.2097%
02:27:29lightNGC 2070B300s8314.32101%
02:32:30lightNGC 2070B300s7954.4097%
02:38:00lightNGC 2070B300s8224.35100%
02:43:01lightNGC 2070B300s7664.4793%
02:48:59lightNGC 2070L300s7824.1289%
02:54:01lightNGC 2070L300s7604.2487%
02:54:33autofocusNGC 2070L5s4542.31—
02:54:48autofocusNGC 2070L5s856.33—
02:55:03autofocusNGC 2070L5s1264.97—
02:55:18autofocusNGC 2070L5s2073.66—
02:55:33autofocusNGC 2070L5s2823.08—
02:55:53autofocusNGC 2070L5s4702.26—
02:56:13autofocusNGC 2070L5s5512.02—
02:56:33autofocusNGC 2070L5s4082.46—
02:56:53autofocusNGC 2070L5s2633.32—
02:57:08autofocusNGC 2070L5s1734.27—
02:57:23autofocusNGC 2070L5s1185.26—
02:57:44autofocusNGC 2070L5s5002.19—
03:03:42lightNGC 2070L300s9693.76111%
03:08:43lightNGC 2070L300s10493.62120%
03:14:29lightNGC 2070R300s9913.74118%
03:19:31lightNGC 2070R300s10173.67121%
03:25:44lightNGC 2070R300s7964.3195%
03:30:46lightNGC 2070R300s8424.16100%
03:36:35lightNGC 2070G300s9004.18104%
03:41:36lightNGC 2070G300s8144.4394%
03:47:08lightNGC 2070G300s8784.20102%
03:52:09lightNGC 2070G300s8634.12100%
03:58:10lightNGC 2070B300s6624.4981%
04:03:12lightNGC 2070B300s7364.5290%
04:08:49lightNGC 2070B300s6714.4482%
04:13:51lightNGC 2070B300s8704.13106%
04:20:43lightNGC 2070L300s8174.2993%
04:25:45lightNGC 2070L300s5934.4768%
04:26:32autofocusNGC 2070L5s2282.62—
04:26:48autofocusNGC 2070L5s695.58—
04:27:03autofocusNGC 2070L5s1154.05—
04:27:19autofocusNGC 2070L5s1663.40—
04:27:34autofocusNGC 2070L5s2492.72—
04:27:54autofocusNGC 2070L5s3222.34—
04:28:14autofocusNGC 2070L5s3392.43—
04:28:34autofocusNGC 2070L5s2363.14—
04:28:54autofocusNGC 2070L5s1134.26—
04:29:09autofocusNGC 2070L5s705.49—
04:29:28autofocusNGC 2070L5s3332.30—
04:35:25lightNGC 2070L300s4414.5550%
04:40:27lightNGC 2070L300s3154.5136%
04:46:54lightNGC 2070R300s2414.9129%
04:51:55lightNGC 2070R300s2304.7327%
04:57:23lightNGC 2070R300s2204.7126%
05:02:24lightNGC 2070R300s1285.0515%
05:08:51lightNGC 2070G300s915.0111%
05:13:52lightNGC 2070G300s2394.7328%
05:19:19autofocusNGC 2070G300s1445.06—
05:19:39autofocusNGC 2070L5s382.74—
05:19:53autofocusNGC 2070L5s95.47—
05:20:08autofocusNGC 2070L5s174.17—
05:20:23autofocusNGC 2070L5s273.13—
05:20:38autofocusNGC 2070L5s332.72—
05:20:58autofocusNGC 2070L5s242.71—
05:21:18autofocusNGC 2070L5s123.36—
05:21:38autofocusNGC 2070L5s94.29—
05:21:58autofocusNGC 2070L5s84.61—
05:22:19autofocusNGC 2070L5s75.09—
05:22:38autofocusNGC 2070L5s262.83—

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.