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Bortle 3 ★ Designated National Landscape Dark Sky Site 📍 Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Clwydian Range & Dee Valley

53.1500000° N, -3.2833000° E • Elevation: 450m

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🌌 About This Observing Location

High vantage points at Moel Famau overlooking northern Wales, offering wide panoramic stargazing and transit tracking.

Bortle Scale Class 3
Elevation 450 m
Latitude 53.15°
Longitude -3.283°

☁️ 4-Night Stargazing Cloud Forecast

Updated hourly via Open-Meteo
Thu, Oct 15
100%
Avg Night Cloud
Sunset: 18:17
Sunrise: 07:39
Overcast Sky
Fri, Oct 16
85%
Avg Night Cloud
Sunset: 18:15
Sunrise: 07:41
Overcast Sky
Sat, Oct 17
55%
Avg Night Cloud
Sunset: 18:12
Sunrise: 07:43
Fair Sky
Sun, Oct 18
31%
Avg Night Cloud
Sunset: 18:10
Sunrise: 07:44
Fair Sky

✨ Darkness & Sky Quality

Class 3: Rural sky with detailed Milky Way.

Naked-Eye Limiting Mag: 6.6 – 7.0 mag
Milky Way Visibility: Clearly visible with dark lanes
Zodiacal Light: Distinct in spring/autumn

🛰️ ISS Transits & Flyovers

Astronotify continuously computes SGP4 high-precision orbital chords for the International Space Station passing across the Sun and Moon.

Track this spot to compute personalized solar & lunar transit predictions.

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