Sky transparency — night of 8–9 October 2026

Cloud arrived at 20:43 — detected by the all-sky camera, independent of N.I.N.A. Before it the sky ran at index 0 (IQR 0–0); after it 96 (IQR 82–102). 0 of 31 light frames landed before the cloud. 8 of 10 failures are attributed to cloud; 2 remain unexplained and deserve a look. Guiding held at 1.03″ RMS (RA 0.73″, Dec 0.73″) over 3.0 h; the worst minute was 3.29″ at 02:27. Morning sky flats: 63 frames (O 21, S 21, H 21), 06:39–06:44, auto-exposure 0.7–1.1 s.

Index before 20:43
0 · IQR 0–0
Index after 20:43
96 · IQR 82–102
Cloud onset (all-sky)
20:43 · independent
Errors after onset
8 of 10 · solve + PHD2
Guide RMS
1.03″ · RA 0.73 · Dec 0.73

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
05010015020021:0022:0023:0000:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:00% of clear-sky medianclear-sky baselineM 17→ IC 434 Panel 1→ IC 434 Panel 3→ IC 434 Panel 2OSH

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.

05010015020021:0022:0023:0000:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:00Mean sky luminance (0–255)all-sky

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. 1878 guide frames over 3.0 h of guiding in 7 sessions; the gaps are slews, dither settles and autofocus runs, when PHD2 was not guiding. PHD2 discarded 1 further frames — usually a lost star. The worst minute (3.29″ at 02:27) is clamped at the top of the plot.

RA RMS Dec RMS ◆ PHD2 error
0.00.61.21.82.421:0022:0023:0000:0001:0002:0003:0004:0005:0006:00RMS guide error (arcsec)night RMS 1.03″RADec

All‑sky frames at the key moments

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

All-sky at 20:20
20:20 · start of night
All-sky at 20:43
20:43 · cloud onset
All-sky at 22:05
22:05 · peak brightness 191.7
All-sky at 06:17
06:17 · end of night

Clear‑sky reference medians

The divisors behind the index — median detected stars per light sub before 20:43. IC 434 Panel 3 had no clear frames tonight and no clear history, so its divisor is its own whole-night median. Its index shows how the sky changed during that target, not how it compared with a clear sky.

TargetFilterMedian starsFramesSource
IC 434 Panel 1H1784earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 1O1324earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 1S2694earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 2H2204earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 2O1964earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 3H3054earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 3O2153earlier clear nights
IC 434 Panel 3S4304whole night, cloud included

Event timeline

All observatory events with their attributed causes.

solve failedASTAP plate solve failedunexplained
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedunexplained
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
solve failedASTAP plate solve failedcloud
All 395 frames (excludes the 63 sky flats — no stars to detect)
TimeClassTargetFilterExpStarsHFRIndex
20:20:05centeringL5s4219.21—
20:20:41autofocusL5s6110.70—
20:20:58autofocusL5s2615.60—
20:21:13autofocusL5s3613.88—
20:21:28autofocusL5s4512.87—
20:21:48autofocusL5s6312.04—
20:22:08autofocusL5s6610.74—
20:22:28autofocusL5s779.84—
20:22:48autofocusL5s1068.45—
20:23:08autofocusL5s1347.29—
20:23:28autofocusL5s1916.17—
20:23:48autofocusL5s2524.95—
20:24:08autofocusL5s3223.84—
20:24:28autofocusL5s5002.77—
20:24:48autofocusL5s5602.39—
20:25:08autofocusL5s7342.11—
20:25:28autofocusL5s6922.32—
20:25:48autofocusL5s5012.95—
20:26:03autofocusL5s3863.67—
20:26:18autofocusL5s2654.74—
20:26:38autofocusL5s7672.05—
20:27:54centeringL5s689.45—
20:28:02centeringL5s759.33—
20:28:09centeringL5s659.38—
20:28:24centeringL5s332.95—
20:28:31centeringL5s332.85—
20:28:38centeringL5s332.96—
20:29:13centeringL10s9211.80—
20:30:11centeringL5s5943.91—
20:32:11centeringL5s439.33—
20:32:23centeringL5s438.70—
20:32:35centeringL5s439.55—
20:33:01centeringL5s242.91—
20:33:11centeringL5s242.72—
20:33:21centeringL5s243.24—
20:34:01centeringL10s11713.64—
20:41:01centeringL5s437.94—
20:41:13centeringL5s437.99—
20:41:25centeringL5s438.24—
20:41:51centeringL5s342.17—
20:42:03centeringL5s342.68—
20:42:15centeringL5s342.35—
20:44:42centeringL5s236.52—
20:44:54centeringL5s10.00—
20:45:05centeringL5s237.01—
20:45:31centeringL5s10.00—
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20:45:55centeringL5s10.00—
20:47:16centeringL5s335.69—
20:47:28centeringL5s335.65—
20:47:40centeringL5s236.15—
20:48:06centeringL5s345.26—
20:48:18centeringL5s246.32—
20:48:30centeringL5s246.53—
20:50:16centeringL5s22.57—
20:50:28centeringL5s10.00—
20:50:40centeringL5s00.00—
20:51:06centeringL5s224.00—
20:51:18centeringL5s10.00—
20:51:30centeringL5s223.71—
20:52:51centeringL5s232.29—
20:53:03centeringL5s233.15—
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20:53:41centeringL5s247.55—
20:53:53centeringL5s247.22—
20:54:05centeringL5s10.00—
20:58:31centeringL5s00.00—
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21:01:57centeringL5s617.11—
21:02:33centeringL5s6517.61—
21:05:46centeringL5s3620.61—
21:05:57centeringL5s3320.93—
21:06:07centeringL5s3419.70—
21:06:30centeringL5s00.00—
21:06:40centeringL5s00.00—
21:06:50centeringL5s00.00—
21:07:30centeringL10s8519.43—
21:09:29autofocusL5s9210.26—
21:09:48autofocusL5s4515.23—
21:10:03autofocusL5s5013.97—
21:10:18autofocusL5s5712.70—
21:10:33autofocusL5s7311.55—
21:10:53autofocusL5s9110.24—
21:11:13autofocusL5s1019.03—
21:11:33autofocusL5s1168.25—
21:11:53autofocusL5s1696.59—
21:12:13autofocusL5s1815.62—
21:12:33autofocusL5s2934.31—
21:12:53autofocusL5s4303.25—
21:13:13autofocusL5s6552.33—
21:13:33autofocusL5s9541.79—
21:13:53autofocusL5s8651.90—
21:14:13autofocusL5s6342.58—
21:14:28autofocusL5s4443.36—
21:14:43autofocusL5s3054.12—
21:15:03autofocusL5s7942.02—
21:16:19centeringL5s1519.98—
21:16:26centeringL5s1120.06—
21:16:33centeringL5s1420.25—
21:16:54centeringL5s1821.60—
21:17:01centeringL5s1321.53—
21:17:08centeringL5s1921.71—
21:17:44centeringL10s10631.99—
21:20:32centeringL5s6533.78—
21:21:26centeringL5s10.00—
21:21:39centeringL5s10.00—
21:21:51centeringL5s10.00—
21:22:16centeringL5s240.82—
21:22:28centeringL5s340.71—
21:22:41centeringL5s240.97—
21:23:22centeringL10s8144.17—
21:27:37centeringL5s00.00—
21:27:49centeringL5s00.00—
21:28:01centeringL5s00.00—
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21:29:31centeringL10s1813.47—
21:31:16centeringL5s00.00—
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21:33:11centeringL10s00.00—
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21:39:46centeringL10s513.93—
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21:43:37centeringL10s12610.88—
21:46:06centeringL5s10.00—
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21:48:02centeringL10s7114.56—
21:51:01centeringL5s10.00—
21:51:14centeringL5s237.44—
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21:51:51centeringL5s10.00—
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21:52:56centeringL10s5424.94—
21:55:01centeringL5s10.00—
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21:55:51centeringL5s10.00—
21:56:03centeringL5s00.00—
21:56:15centeringL5s00.00—
21:56:57centeringL10s12193.35—
21:58:41centeringL5s239.50—
21:58:53centeringL5s241.55—
21:59:05centeringL5s241.62—
21:59:31centeringL5s10.00—
21:59:43centeringL5s243.04—
21:59:55centeringL5s242.85—
22:00:37centeringL10s9913.59—
22:02:22centeringL5s00.00—
22:02:34centeringL5s10.00—
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22:03:35centeringL5s243.53—
22:04:17centeringL10s7884.08—
22:06:11centeringL5s238.88—
22:06:23centeringL5s337.71—
22:06:35centeringL5s238.19—
22:07:01centeringL5s10.00—
22:07:13centeringL5s10.00—
22:07:25centeringL5s10.00—
22:08:07centeringL10s5664.83—
22:13:23autofocusL5s4032.80—
22:13:38autofocusL5s787.06—
22:13:53autofocusL5s1265.76—
22:14:08autofocusL5s1794.58—
22:14:23autofocusL5s2263.79—
22:14:43autofocusL5s3632.87—
22:15:03autofocusL5s6252.19—
22:15:23autofocusL5s5842.29—
22:15:43autofocusL5s2783.43—
22:16:03autofocusL5s2143.71—
22:16:18autofocusL5s1015.19—
22:16:38autofocusL5s3882.87—
22:18:07centeringL5s5154.00—
22:18:45centeringL5s10.00—
22:18:55centeringL5s00.00—
22:19:06centeringL5s00.00—
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22:20:31centeringL10s8293.93—
22:21:20centeringL5s10.00—
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22:22:06centeringL5s00.00—
22:22:16centeringL5s10.00—
22:22:26centeringL5s10.00—
22:23:06centeringL10s9073.75—
22:27:55autofocusL5s619.29—
22:28:13autofocusL5s1813.91—
22:28:28autofocusL5s1315.65—
22:28:43autofocusL5s1216.46—
22:28:58autofocusL5s817.89—
22:29:18autofocusL5s1218.82—
22:29:38autofocusL5s2712.24—
22:29:58autofocusL5s2711.24—
22:30:18autofocusL5s4410.12—
22:30:38autofocusL5s458.82—
22:30:58autofocusL5s537.75—
22:31:18autofocusL5s806.00—
22:31:38autofocusL5s995.20—
22:31:58autofocusL5s2143.70—
22:32:18autofocusL5s4462.66—
22:32:38autofocusL5s6762.02—
22:32:58autofocusL5s6901.93—
22:33:18autofocusL5s5562.20—
22:33:38autofocusL5s2953.09—
22:33:53autofocusL5s1754.15—
22:34:08autofocusL5s1474.93—
22:34:28autofocusL5s8071.74—
22:35:02centeringL5s8902.93—
22:35:55centeringL5s10.00—
22:36:05centeringL5s00.00—
22:36:15centeringL5s10.00—
22:36:41centeringL5s10.00—
22:36:50centeringL5s10.00—
22:37:00centeringL5s10.00—
22:37:41centeringL10s9273.58—
22:38:40centeringL5s10.00—
22:38:51centeringL5s10.00—
22:39:01centeringL5s00.00—
22:39:25centeringL5s10.00—
22:39:35centeringL5s241.22—
22:39:45centeringL5s10.00—
22:40:26centeringL10s11913.06—
22:54:17autofocusL5s1318.20—
22:54:33autofocusL5s622.94—
22:54:48autofocusL5s521.45—
22:55:04autofocusL5s820.13—
22:55:23autofocusL5s1119.15—
22:55:43autofocusL5s1717.84—
22:56:04autofocusL5s1816.69—
22:56:23autofocusL5s1815.48—
22:56:43autofocusL5s2414.13—
22:57:04autofocusL5s2912.93—
22:57:23autofocusL5s3211.78—
22:57:44autofocusL5s4210.28—
22:58:04autofocusL5s579.32—
22:58:24autofocusL5s647.98—
22:58:44autofocusL5s876.69—
22:59:04autofocusL5s1205.58—
22:59:24autofocusL5s2063.99—
22:59:44autofocusL5s2663.17—
23:00:04autofocusL5s5952.14—
23:00:24autofocusL5s7871.81—
23:00:44autofocusL5s5892.22—
23:01:03autofocusL5s4442.66—
23:01:19autofocusL5s1974.03—
23:01:34autofocusL5s1184.98—
23:01:54autofocusL5s7391.86—
23:02:21centeringL5s7373.26—
23:03:05centeringL5s1677.03—
23:03:16centeringL5s1766.64—
23:03:26centeringL5s2116.34—
23:04:46centeringL5s240.32—
23:04:55centeringL5s10.00—
23:05:05centeringL5s10.00—
23:05:30centeringL5s10.00—
23:05:40centeringL5s10.00—
23:05:50centeringL5s243.58—
23:06:31centeringL10s8993.64—
23:09:57autofocusL5s5482.25—
23:10:14autofocusL5s886.33—
23:10:29autofocusL5s1394.95—
23:10:44autofocusL5s1783.84—
23:10:59autofocusL5s2943.00—
23:11:19autofocusL5s4882.39—
23:11:39autofocusL5s5592.21—
23:11:59autofocusL5s4012.67—
23:12:19autofocusL5s2143.55—
23:12:34autofocusL5s1294.42—
23:12:49autofocusL5s845.58—
23:13:09autofocusL5s5762.20—
23:14:12centeringL10s7194.09—
02:23:19autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s1942.29—
02:23:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s785.28—
02:23:49autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s933.86—
02:24:04autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s1253.03—
02:24:19autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s1762.49—
02:24:39autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s2172.06—
02:24:59autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s1872.43—
02:25:19autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s1283.25—
02:25:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s904.32—
02:25:49autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s695.62—
02:26:09autofocusIC 434 Panel 1L5s2142.03—
02:33:21lightIC 434 Panel 1H300s1393.6078%
02:38:56lightIC 434 Panel 1H300s1393.6078%
02:44:28lightIC 434 Panel 1H300s1463.5482%
02:50:15lightIC 434 Panel 1H300s1383.6878%
02:56:23lightIC 434 Panel 1O300s1274.0496%
03:01:54lightIC 434 Panel 1O300s1403.85106%
03:07:28lightIC 434 Panel 1O300s1323.98100%
03:13:03lightIC 434 Panel 1O300s1373.91104%
03:19:02lightIC 434 Panel 1S300s2543.3994%
03:24:46lightIC 434 Panel 1S300s2413.4790%
03:30:20lightIC 434 Panel 1S300s2643.3198%
03:35:52lightIC 434 Panel 1S300s2753.11102%
03:36:39autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s3031.77—
03:36:54autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s955.02—
03:37:09autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s1373.68—
03:37:24autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s1922.65—
03:37:39autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2652.09—
03:37:59autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s3171.67—
03:38:19autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2832.07—
03:38:39autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s1643.13—
03:38:54autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s1074.33—
03:39:09autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s775.42—
03:39:29autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s3151.75—
03:46:53lightIC 434 Panel 3H300s2462.9181%
03:52:21lightIC 434 Panel 3H300s2432.9680%
03:57:47lightIC 434 Panel 3H300s2263.2174%
03:58:44autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2391.87—
03:58:59autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s675.12—
03:59:14autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s993.80—
03:59:29autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s1312.98—
03:59:44autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2032.23—
04:00:04autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2361.83—
04:00:24autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2242.13—
04:00:44autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s1183.45—
04:00:59autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s914.04—
04:01:14autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s655.26—
04:01:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 3L5s2331.90—
04:07:34lightIC 434 Panel 3H300s2243.1773%
04:13:23lightIC 434 Panel 3O300s2203.26102%
04:18:51lightIC 434 Panel 3O300s2083.3797%
04:24:19lightIC 434 Panel 3O300s2133.3199%
04:29:50lightIC 434 Panel 3O300s2123.3599%
04:35:32lightIC 434 Panel 3S300s4302.95100%
04:41:02lightIC 434 Panel 3S300s4033.1194%
04:46:30lightIC 434 Panel 3S300s4282.96100%
04:52:03lightIC 434 Panel 3S300s4382.91102%
04:52:44autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2921.79—
04:52:59autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s984.99—
04:53:14autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1233.75—
04:53:29autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1702.76—
04:53:44autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2971.92—
04:54:04autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2981.75—
04:54:24autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2662.10—
04:54:44autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1493.36—
04:54:59autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1064.25—
04:55:14autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s825.16—
04:55:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2971.72—
05:03:00lightIC 434 Panel 2H300s2102.6195%
05:08:31lightIC 434 Panel 2H300s2002.8191%
05:14:04lightIC 434 Panel 2H300s2002.7691%
05:19:33lightIC 434 Panel 2H300s1992.8190%
05:20:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2361.71—
05:20:49autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s904.71—
05:21:04autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1183.55—
05:21:19autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1492.67—
05:21:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2182.02—
05:21:54autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2331.78—
05:22:14autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2062.12—
05:22:34autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s1553.07—
05:22:49autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s904.51—
05:23:04autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s665.55—
05:23:24autofocusIC 434 Panel 2L5s2381.73—
05:29:18lightIC 434 Panel 2O300s2413.00123%
05:34:52lightIC 434 Panel 2O300s2333.01119%
05:40:23lightIC 434 Panel 2O300s2303.08117%

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.