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We feel very confident our skies at Riverland Dingo Observatory Telescope Farm are the clearest in Australia. To back up our statement we have decided to record the clear nights per month and publish them on our web page.

NO OTHER TELESCOPE HOSTING FACILITY DOES THIS!

Generally the south of Australia has endless waves of cold fronts, with northern Australia  bombarded with tropical weather patterns year round. Our site is located between these Southern and Northern Australian weather patterns placing us in a better position of relative stability. Also we are located in an arid desert climate which general means days are hot with the nights being very cold (except for in the middle of summer where temperate at night can hover around 28C / 80F due to extended heat waves. Sight normally ranges from 1.5" to 2.8" FWHM with best being around 1" FWHM and the maximum being around 4.5 FWHM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day / Month 8-Sep Aug-08 Jul-08 Jun-08 May-08 Apr-08 Mar-08 Feb-08 Jan-08 Dec-07 Nov-07 Oct-07 Sep-07 Aug-07
1 Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
2 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
3 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
4 Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear
5 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear
6 Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear
7 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear
8 Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
9 Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear
10 Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear
11 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
12 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear
13 Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear
14 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear
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16 Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
17 Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
18 Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
19 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
20 Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
21   Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear
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26   Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy
27   Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear
28   Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear
29   Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Clear Clear
30   Clear Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy   Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy
31   Cloudy Cloudy   Clear   Clear   Clear Clear   Clear   Clear
Total Clear Nights 12 17 8 13 21 18 19 23 21 21 14 24 24 28
Total Clear % 39% 55% 26% 42% 68% 60% 61% 79% 71% 71% 46% 80% 80% 93%
Max. Concurrent Clear Nights N/A 5 2 3 7 11 9 13 14 4 4 13 12 14
Usable Imaging Hours 97 138 65 105 170 146 154 186 180 167 113 216 249 310