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Rozhen Night Plan

Up to ten targets, one night: each gets its good/marginal/poor windows (darkness × altitude × Moon × clouds, as on the single-target page), then the night is handed out five minutes at a time to whichever target is best — with hysteresis, so you get a few solid blocks of at least 30 minutes, not a flicker. Targets that never win a block are listed with the reason.

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Night of Tuesday, 16 December 2025 · astronomical night 18:32 → 06:01 (11.5 h) · Moon 9% (waning crescent) · weather: ERA5 history

M31M31 17:25–18:00: quality 0.2M31 18:00–18:35: quality 0.5M31 18:35–22:50: quality 1.0M31 22:50–00:15: quality 0.9M31 00:15–01:10: quality 0.8M31 01:10–01:25: quality 0.7M31 01:25–01:40: quality 0.6M31 01:40–01:55: quality 0.5M31 01:55–02:00: quality 0.4M31 02:00–02:05: quality 0.3observe M31 19:30–21:00M42M42 20:30–20:35: quality 0.4M42 20:35–20:50: quality 0.5M42 20:50–21:10: quality 0.6M42 21:10–21:25: quality 0.7M42 21:25–22:35: quality 0.8M42 22:35–02:00: quality 0.9M42 02:00–03:00: quality 0.6M42 03:00–03:10: quality 0.3M42 03:10–03:55: quality 0.2M42 03:55–04:00: quality 0.1observe M42 01:20–03:00M45M45 17:25–18:00: quality 0.1M45 18:00–18:35: quality 0.4M45 18:35–19:50: quality 0.9M45 19:50–01:10: quality 1.0M45 01:10–02:00: quality 0.9M45 02:00–03:00: quality 0.6M45 03:00–03:15: quality 0.3M45 03:15–03:55: quality 0.2M45 03:55–04:00: quality 0.1observe M45 23:50–01:20NGC 7000NGC 7000 17:25–18:00: quality 0.2NGC 7000 18:00–18:35: quality 0.5NGC 7000 18:35–19:10: quality 1.0NGC 7000 19:10–20:40: quality 0.9NGC 7000 20:40–21:35: quality 0.8NGC 7000 21:35–21:50: quality 0.7NGC 7000 21:50–22:05: quality 0.6NGC 7000 22:05–22:25: quality 0.5NGC 7000 22:25–22:35: quality 0.4observe NGC 7000 18:00–19:30V1057 CygV1057 Cyg 17:25–18:00: quality 0.2V1057 Cyg 18:00–18:35: quality 0.5V1057 Cyg 18:35–19:10: quality 1.0V1057 Cyg 19:10–20:40: quality 0.9V1057 Cyg 20:40–21:35: quality 0.8V1057 Cyg 21:35–21:50: quality 0.7V1057 Cyg 21:50–22:05: quality 0.6V1057 Cyg 22:05–22:25: quality 0.5V1057 Cyg 22:25–22:35: quality 0.4observe V1057 Cyg 21:00–22:20M33M33 17:25–17:55: quality 0.1M33 17:55–18:00: quality 0.2M33 18:00–18:35: quality 0.5M33 18:35–23:15: quality 1.0M33 23:15–00:35: quality 0.9M33 00:35–01:25: quality 0.8M33 01:25–01:40: quality 0.7M33 01:40–01:55: quality 0.6M33 01:55–02:00: quality 0.5M33 02:00–02:15: quality 0.3observe M33 22:20–23:50scheduleNGC 7000M31V1057 CygM33M45M4218:0020:0022:0000:0002:0004:0006:00

Each row is the target's quality through the night, white → amber → green for 0 → 0.3 → 0.6 → 1 (the same thresholds as poor / marginal / good). Dark blue: the schedule. Grey columns: twilight.  Download: schedule CSV · targets CSV · JSON

Schedule

localtargethoursmean quality
16:50–18:00 — nothing worth pointing at — 1.17
18:00–19:30 NGC 7000 1.5 0.78
19:30–21:00 M31 1.5 1.0
21:00–22:20 V1057 Cyg 1.33 0.69
22:20–23:50 M33 1.5 0.96
23:50–01:20 M45 1.5 0.98
01:20–03:00 M42 1.67 0.69
03:00–07:45 — nothing worth pointing at — 4.75

Targets

targetastronomyoverallbest windowhighestMoon sep.scheduled h
M31 Andromeda Galaxy 100 100 18:35–01:30 (good) 89.5° at 19:25 144.1° 1.5
M42 Great Orion Nebula 89 79 21:00–02:00 (good) 42.9° at 00:15 134.6° 1.67
M45 Seven Sisters 100 92 18:35–02:25 (good) 72.5° at 22:25 171.2° 1.5
NGC 7000 North America Nebula 89 89 18:35–22:00 (good) 87.3° at 15:40 103.8° 1.5
V1057 Cyg 89 89 18:35–22:00 (good) 87.3° at 15:40 103.8° 1.33
M33 Triangulum Pinwheel 100 100 18:35–01:45 (good) 79.1° at 20:15 157.3° 1.5

💡 API
curl -sS "https://devops.majbase.com/rozhen-planner/plan-api?targets=M31,M42,M45,NGC%207000&date=2025-12-16"

targets: names or RA Dec, separated by commas, semicolons or newlines, at most ten. The response carries targets[] (score, verdict, best_window, windows, transit, moon_separation), schedule[] (blocks with target, start/end in UTC and local, hours, mean_quality; target: null is idle time), unscheduled[] with a why, forecast_source, warnings[]. Missing targets → 400 {"error", "code": "targets_missing"}; an unreadable date → 400 {"error", "code": "invalid_date"}.