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Post stargazing forecast image to Facebook Pages and Bluesky at sunset

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How this automation works

Share stunning astronomy updates automatically. This Applet runs near sunset to upload a stargazing forecast image to your Facebook Page album and create a matching image post on Bluesky. It’s perfect for astronomy enthusiasts who want to share daily sky forecasts with their followers without lifting a finger.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
Includes tonight's sunset, tomorrow's sunrise and time of night
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will upload a new photo, from the given URL, to a Facebook Page album you specify.
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new image post on Bluesky.
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19 triggers, queries, and actions

New link post on page

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new link post on your Facebook Page.

New link post with hashtag on page

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new link post with a specific hashtag on your Facebook Page.

New photo upload on page

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new photo on your Facebook Page.

New photo upload with hashtag on page

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new photo with a specific hashtag on your Facebook Page.

New post by author

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when an author creates a new post.

New post from search

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new post matches your search criteria.

New status message on page

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new status message on your Facebook Page.

New status message with hashtag on page

Pro plus icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new status message with a specific hashtag on your Facebook Page.

On sunset

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
Includes tonight's sunset, tomorrow's sunrise and time of night

User goes live

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a specified Bluesky user's live status changes from not live to live.

Sunrise and sunset information

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns times for all sunrise and sunsets for a specified location that day.

Create a link post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new link post on your Facebook Page wall.

Create a status message

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new plain text status message on your Facebook Page.

Create image post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new image post on Bluesky.

Create link post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new post on Bluesky with an embedded link.

Create text post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new post on Bluesky

Send a direct message

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action sends a direct message to a user.

Set live status

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action sets your Bluesky profile to show a live status with a stream link.

Upload a photo from URL

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will upload a new photo, from the given URL, to a Facebook Page album you specify.

Create a link post

Pro plus icon
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new link post on your Facebook Page wall.

Create a status message

Pro plus icon
Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will create a new plain text status message on your Facebook Page.

Create image post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new image post on Bluesky.

Create link post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new post on Bluesky with an embedded link.

Create text post

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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This action creates a new post on Bluesky

New link post on page

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new link post on your Facebook Page.

New link post with hashtag on page

Pro plus icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new link post with a specific hashtag on your Facebook Page.

New photo upload on page

Pro plus icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new photo on your Facebook Page.

New photo upload with hashtag on page

Pro plus icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you upload a new photo with a specific hashtag on your Facebook Page.

New post by author

Pro icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when an author creates a new post.

New post from search

Pro icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when a new post matches your search criteria.

New status message on page

Pro plus icon
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This Trigger fires every time you create a new status message on your Facebook Page.

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About Facebook Pages

Facebook Pages allow an organization, business, celebrity, or band to maintain a professional presence on Facebook. Use Applets to grow your Facebook Pages community by cross-posting to and from your page and bringing the best content to your audience, automatically.

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About Bluesky

Instantly cross-post content and automate your decentralized social media presence by connecting Bluesky to your essential apps and tools. Bluesky is a new social network built on the decentralized AT Protocol, designed to give users more control over their data and content feeds. Connect Bluesky to IFTTT to auto-publish photos from Instagram, cross-post to and from X (Twitter) or Threads, or save important skeets to a spreadsheet for tracking. Streamline your multi-platform strategy with AT Protocol automation and ensure your content reaches every audience.

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About SunriseSunset.org

Sunrise and sunset times for a given location including civil, nautical, and astronomical twilights. See https://sunrise-sunset.org for more info

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