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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 Friday, 15 May 2026 · astronomical night 22:29 → 04:04 (5.58 h) · Moon 1% (new moon) · weather: ERA5 history

M31M31 03:50–03:55: quality 0.2M31 03:55–04:00: quality 0.3M42M45NGC 7000NGC 7000 23:55–00:20: quality 0.4NGC 7000 00:20–00:40: quality 0.5NGC 7000 00:40–01:40: quality 0.6NGC 7000 01:40–02:00: quality 0.7NGC 7000 02:00–02:35: quality 0.4NGC 7000 02:35–03:00: quality 0.5NGC 7000 03:00–04:00: quality 0.6observe NGC 7000 23:55–02:00V1057 CygV1057 Cyg 23:55–00:20: quality 0.4V1057 Cyg 00:20–00:40: quality 0.5V1057 Cyg 00:40–01:40: quality 0.6V1057 Cyg 01:40–02:00: quality 0.7V1057 Cyg 02:00–02:35: quality 0.4V1057 Cyg 02:35–03:00: quality 0.5V1057 Cyg 03:00–04:00: quality 0.6observe V1057 Cyg 02:00–04:00M33scheduleNGC 7000V1057 Cyg22:0000:0002:0004:0006:00

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
20:30–23:55 — nothing worth pointing at — 3.42
23:55–02:00 NGC 7000 2.08 0.57
02:00–04:00 V1057 Cyg 2.0 0.52
04:00–06:05 — nothing worth pointing at — 2.08

Targets

targetastronomyoverallbest windowhighestMoon sep.scheduled h
M31 Andromeda Galaxy 5 1 — 89.7° at 10:30 31.7° 0.0
M42 Great Orion Nebula 0 0 — 42.9° at 15:25 51.4° 0.0
M45 Seven Sisters 0 0 — 72.5° at 13:35 17.4° 0.0
NGC 7000 North America Nebula 97 55 00:50–02:00 (good) 87.3° at 06:45 71.8° 2.08
V1057 Cyg 97 55 00:50–02:00 (good) 87.3° at 06:45 71.8° 2.0
M33 Triangulum Pinwheel 0 0 — 79.1° at 11:20 17.2° 0.0

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💡 API
curl -sS "https://devops.majbase.com/rozhen-planner/plan-api?targets=M31,M42,M45,NGC%207000&date=2026-05-15"

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"}.