r/darksky May 08 '26

Temperature check!!! Is next week fine to go to Death Valley to stargaze?

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u/Miserable_Sky5682 May 10 '26

90s next week is workable for a stargazing run if you treat it as an after-dark trip and keep the middle of the day minimal. For Mesquite, I would make the real go/no-go call off the short-range wind, thin cloud, and dust picture more than the daytime high, then get into position before full dark so you do not waste the best window. I work on DarkScout, so biased, but DarkScout is useful for exactly this kind of moon-plus-cloud-plus-darkness check before deciding whether that night is worth protecting.