rsutcliffe/nightwatch
- Total stars
- 44
- Today · UTC
- +30since 19:03 UTC
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Silent macOS menu-bar app that tells you when tonight is clear enough for telescope imaging and what to point at. Any telescope. MIT.
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About the project
Silent macOS menu-bar app that tells you when tonight is clear enough for telescope imaging and what to point at. Works with any telescope.
Useful for
- Check the clear-sky forecast for the next ten nights and pick the best one for imaging
- Plan a target's shoot with the right filter, exposure and frame count for the clear window
- Find darker sites nearby and compare them with your current location
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 5, 2026, 20:50 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show daily stars; the line is a moving average of the available history. Short histories do not yet establish a reliable usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-05 (UTC), 19:03–20:40: 14 → 44 stars (+30). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +34 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 10 days old and already has 44 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Nightwatch – a Mac menu-bar app that tells you when tonight is clear” — 45 points, 1 day ago.
Three GitHub discoveries in each edition
What they do, why they are gaining interest, and what to check before using them.
Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 44
- Today
- +30 stars measured 2026-10-05, 19:03–20:40 UTC, ≈ 34 by evening
- Forks
- 1
- Issues and pull requests
- 145
- Watchers
- 0
- Language
- Swift
- License
- MIT
- Latest release
- v1.4.0 · October 5, 2026
- Created
- September 25, 2026
- Last push
- October 5, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Show HN: Nightwatch – a Mac menu-bar app that tells you when tonight is clear45 points, October 4, 2026
Spotted in
- October 5, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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