Dark Sky Map United States. Bortle 1 are the darkest skies on Earth for stargazing, astrophotography, star parties, and club events. The map uses NOAA/EOG VIIRS, World Atlas 2015, Aurora prediction, observatories, clouds and SQM/SQC overlay contributed by users.
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Explore the Dark Sky Map of the United States to find the best stargazing locations Low light pollution conditions, or dark skies, is one of the most important properties of a good astronmical observing site
It was long overdue, but this map has now been updated with more recent light pollution information The Bortle scale is one measure of determining sky brightness (light pollution) at night. The map shows light pollution levels, lunar conditions, and access to U.S
Earth at Night, View of City Lights in United States from Space. USA on. (Used with permission.) David recalculated the The World Atlas of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness with newer data. The years 2006, 2016, 2020, and 2022 can all be selected on the map
. One of only two International Dark Sky Reserves in the U.S., the area encompasses more than 1,400 square miles of land Click on interactive map that shows all the locations that the National Park Service has collected data from 2002 to the present