State decision view

Oregon

Worth planning tonight

Canonical verdict: GO

Tonight score: 94 (Great)

Best window: Monday 1:00 AM-3:00 AM PDT

Tonight score: 94Week score: 94

Clear window with strong viewing conditions.

Data source: 2026-04-26

Generated: Monday, Apr 27, 2026, 11:45 AM UTC

Checks: 1 warning(s) flagged and smoothed in presentation.

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State summary decision block

Verdict: Worth it tonight

Best window: Monday 1:00 AM-3:00 AM PDT

Where to look: Direction guidance available in advanced detail mode.

What you'll see: Expectations are simplified in basic mode.

Minimum equipment: naked_eye

Recommended gear: naked_eye, binoculars

Optional equipment: camera_basic

Trusted location: Central Region Oregon (Oregon)

Forecast Confidence: High confidence forecast

Location Trust: Unknown location trust

Trust cue: Trust detail simplified in basic mode.

Worth driving: Not worth driving

Travel distance band: Distance unknown

Improvement size: Marginal improvement

Effort/reward: Low reward

Backup location: No strong backup found

Backup window: Backup window similar/unknown

Primary vs backup: unknown

State Planning Intelligence

Go timing, travel reward, backups, and defer guidance

Recommended action: Go now from home

Reason: High-quality conditions with usable best window (mon 1:00am-3:00am PDT).

Planning horizon: Tonight

Best window: mon 1:00am-3:00am PDT

Backup window: No strong backup timing window

Next good window: No materially better near-term window found

Worth driving: Not worth driving

Best trusted location: Central Region Oregon (OR)

Backup location: No worthwhile backup identified

Backup strength: No Worthwhile Backup

Effort/reward: Stay-home best

Target highlight: No target highlighted

Key caution: No strong backup identified if primary conditions degrade.

Travel Intelligence

Is a drive upgrade worth it in this state?

Worth driving: Not worth driving

Distance band: Distance unknown

Improvement: Marginal improvement

Effort/reward: Low reward

Backup location: No strong backup found

Backup window: Similar/unknown

Oregon: should I go tonight?

Worth it tonight

Score: 94 (Great)

Best window: Monday 1:00 AM-3:00 AM PDT

Confidence: High

Clear window with strong viewing conditions.

Why this score (94)

Clouds: 6%

Moon brightness: 65%

Darkness: Darkness 95%

Light pollution: Low

Transparency: High

Light pollution note: Dark enough for faint targets.

Confidence: High

Best regions in this state

Top regions from the current state suitability run

Oregon map

Oregon state stargazing map

State map source: active dataset run (2026-04-26)

#1

Central Region Oregon

Best window: Monday 1:00 AM-3:00 AM PDT

Darkness: B2

Trust: Unknown (0)

Verification: unknown | Parking: unknown | Horizon: unknown

Excellent dark sky. Milky Way structure is strong.

CLEAR

#2

North Region Oregon

Best window: Monday 1:00 AM-3:00 AM PDT

Darkness: B3

Trust: Unknown (0)

Verification: unknown | Parking: unknown | Horizon: unknown

Good dark sky. Milky Way visible with contrast loss.

CLEAR

#3

South Region Oregon

Best window: Monday 1:00 AM-3:00 AM PDT

Darkness: B2

Trust: Unknown (0)

Verification: unknown | Parking: unknown | Horizon: unknown

Excellent dark sky. Milky Way structure is strong.

CLEAR

Next 7 nights

Future forecast preview

Thursday

92

Good

Friday

91

Good

Saturday

89

Okay

Sunday

87

Okay

Monday

85

Poor

Tuesday

90

Okay

Wednesday

91

Good

Recent trend context

Simple weekly trend shape for planning confidence

Trend: Cooling through the week. Highest day: Thursday.

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