Zselic stargazing forecast — Saturday, August 15

S Hungary · Bortle 2 · 46.240, 17.750 · Snapshot generated Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:05:09 GMT

Excellent (High confidence)

10h of clear sky (≤30% cloud) during tonight's astronomical night, mean cloud 0%.

Best observing window tonight

Sat 10:00 p.m. – Sun 7:00 a.m. (10h, 0% mean cloud)

Astronomical night: Sat 9:58 p.m. → Sun 7:49 a.m.
Moon: Waxing crescent · 7% illuminated
Mean cloud (during night): 0% (min 0%)

Site

Zselic was Europe's first International Dark Sky Park (2009). Rolling south-Hungarian hills reach Bortle 2 around the dedicated Zselic Star Park observatory.

Drive from Toronto: ≈ 2.5 h from Budapest via the M7 and 67 to Kaposvár.

Best time of year: Spring, summer and autumn; winter fog can be persistent in the Danube basin.

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Citations & data sources

Open-Meteo Forecast API (cloud, humidity, wind, visibility)
Open-Meteo astronomical data (sunrise, sunset, moon)
Bortle scale reference for site darkness
Editorial guide for Zselic: /sites/zselic-starry-sky-park.txt
Structured site data: /sites/zselic-starry-sky-park.json
Live MCP server (AI agents): https://koohxdehsweadgdegrly.supabase.co/functions/v1/mcp

This is a build-time snapshot — the live forecast at https://ontarionightsky.com/?site=zselic-starry-sky-park updates continuously.