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The Swan Reach Conservation Park lies in a 3,200-square-kilometre (1,200 sq mi) [5] area which was named the nation's first, and the world's 15th [6] International Dark sky reserve in October 2019, by the International Dark-Sky Association. [5] The "dark sky" title refers to areas where the night sky has a high darkness rating and there are ...
The Leon Mow Dark Sky Site, located near Heathcote some 120 kilometres north of Melbourne in country Victoria, has a pristine night sky for deep sky observing: it was described in The Age newspaper as "so dark that not only is the Milky Way clearly visible but its stars are bright enough to cast a shadow when it is overhead". [7]
Sky News Australia is an Australian conservative news channel owned by News Corp Australia.Originally launched on 19 February 1996, it broadcasts rolling news coverage throughout the day, while its prime time lineup is dedicated to opinion-based programs featuring a line-up of conservative commentators.
International Dark Sky Week (formerly the National Dark Sky Week) is held during the week of the new moon in April, [1] [2] when people worldwide may turn off their lights to observe the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This event was founded in 2003 by high school student Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia. [3]
The surging interest in astrotourism is reflected in the kind of applications Dark Sky International receives, where tourism is a “prime driver” for many locations seeking a designation, says ...
A timelapse of Comet C/2024 G3 and the Southern Lights seen from Tasmania, Australia, on Feb. 1, 2025. The flickering lights are satellites gliding across the night sky.
DarkSky International, formerly the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), [1] is a United States–based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician and amateur astronomer.
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 .