# Observing score

Also called: score, verdict, tonight's score.

AstroPilot's 0–100 rating of the night for deep-sky observing, from cloud, seeing, transparency, darkness and moonlight.

Each hour gets a score from the forecast [cloud cover](https://astropilot.space/glossary/cloud-cover) at three heights, [seeing](https://astropilot.space/glossary/seeing), [transparency](https://astropilot.space/glossary/transparency), [dew](https://astropilot.space/glossary/dew) risk, how dark the sky is ([twilight](https://astropilot.space/glossary/twilight)) and how much the Moon brightens it ([moonlight](https://astropilot.space/glossary/moonlight)). The night's verdict comes from its best stretch of dark hours.

**In AstroPilot:** Tonight's headline score and the hour-by-hour strip.

**Related:** [Best window](https://astropilot.space/glossary/best-window.md), [Seeing](https://astropilot.space/glossary/seeing.md), [Transparency](https://astropilot.space/glossary/transparency.md), [Cloud cover](https://astropilot.space/glossary/cloud-cover.md), [Moonlight](https://astropilot.space/glossary/moonlight.md)

From the AstroPilot astronomy glossary: https://astropilot.space/glossary/observing-score