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With increasing urban lighting even in remote areas, finding that dark sky site is tough these days. Backyard Universe: Want to see a cool astronomical event? Head for a dark sky site.
Groveland is currently retrofitting old streetlamps with dark-sky-friendly lights, which are shielded downward with a low color temperature with the goal to replace every light fixture by 2027. [21] In 2023, the City of Groveland became the first certified International Dark Sky Community in Florida and the Southeast US.
A dark sky has become a rare commodity in the United States, but parks all across the country still offer stunning views of the cosmos and astronomy events of all varieties. Light pollution is one ...
For an epic stargazing outing, head to one of these 10 Dark Sky destinations across the country for incredibly clear views of the heavens.
Dark Sky Observatory: 1981 Phillips Gap, Wilkes County, North Carolina, US Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) 2015 500 km LEO: Darling's Observatory (defunct) 1917 Duluth, Minnesota, US Dearborn Observatory: 1889 Evanston, Illinois, US Detroit Observatory: 1854 Ann Arbor, Michigan, US David Dunlap Observatory: 1935 Richmond Hill, Ontario ...
The Bortle dark-sky scale (usually referred to as simply the Bortle scale) is a nine-level numeric scale that measures the night sky's brightness of a particular location. It quantifies the astronomical observability of celestial objects and the interference caused by light pollution .
Sky-Map.org (or WikiSky.org) is a wiki and interactive sky map that covers over half a billion known celestial bodies. [1] WikiSky is designed, in part, as a wiki.Users can edit information about different stars by writing articles, adding Internet links, uploading images, or creating a special interest group for a specific task.
The best way to see the Milky Way is from one of Michigan's dark sky parks, situated away from major sources of light pollution. Keep in mind that as state parks, some dark sky parks may require a ...