State decision view

South Carolina

Worth planning tonight

Canonical verdict: GO

Tonight score: 91 (Great)

Best window: Sunday 10:00 PM-12:00 AM EDT

Tonight score: 91Week score: 90

Clear window with strong viewing conditions.

Data source: 2026-04-26

Generated: Monday, Apr 27, 2026, 10:14 AM UTC

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

Unified Action Card

State summary decision block

Verdict: Worth it tonight

Best window: Sunday 10:00 PM-12:00 AM EDT

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: North Region South Carolina (South Carolina)

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 (sun 10:00pm-12:00am EDT).

Planning horizon: Tonight

Best window: sun 10:00pm-12:00am EDT

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: North Region South Carolina (SC)

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

South Carolina: should I go tonight?

Worth it tonight

Score: 91 (Great)

Best window: Sunday 10:00 PM-12:00 AM EDT

Confidence: High

Clear window with strong viewing conditions.

Why this score (91)

Clouds: 3%

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

South Carolina map

South Carolina state stargazing map

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

#1

North Region South Carolina

Best window: Sunday 10:00 PM-12:00 AM EDT

Darkness: B3

Trust: Unknown (0)

Verification: unknown | Parking: unknown | Horizon: unknown

Good dark sky. Milky Way visible with contrast loss.

CLEAR

#2

Central Region South Carolina

Best window: Sunday 10:00 PM-12:00 AM EDT

Darkness: B3

Trust: Unknown (0)

Verification: unknown | Parking: unknown | Horizon: unknown

Good dark sky. Milky Way visible with contrast loss.

CLEAR

#3

South Region South Carolina

Best window: Sunday 10:00 PM-12:00 AM EDT

Darkness: B3

Trust: Unknown (0)

Verification: unknown | Parking: unknown | Horizon: unknown

Good dark sky. Milky Way visible with contrast loss.

CLEAR

Next 7 nights

Future forecast preview

Thursday

87

Good

Friday

86

Good

Saturday

84

Okay

Sunday

82

Okay

Monday

80

Poor

Tuesday

85

Okay

Wednesday

86

Good

Recent trend context

Simple weekly trend shape for planning confidence

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

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