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A dark-sky preserve (DSP) is an area, usually surrounding a park or observatory, that restricts or reduces light pollution or maintains and protects naturally dark night skies. Different terms have been used to describe these areas as national organizations and governments have worked independently to create programs.
For the Wairarapa reserve, the dark core is the entire area of the Aorangi Forest Park in the south of the reserve. [2] All measurements of night sky luminance in the core area are darker than 21.3 mag/arcsec 2 (corresponding to Bortle scale 3), and in places are as dark as 21.8 mag/arcsec 2 (Bortle scale 1).
The Torrance Barrens (officially Torrance Barrens Conservation Reserve) is a conservation area and dark-sky preserve in the District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] The reserve consists of Crown Lands in the municipalities of Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes. It is notable as the first dark-sky preserve in Canada and for ...
On February 28, 2018, Killarney Provincial Park joined the list of prestigious locations designated as a Dark-Sky Preserve by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. In keeping with the requirements of the Dark-Sky Preserve designation, the Park provides education on proper lighting use and controls as part of its regular programming. [4]
The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust was a registered as a charity in New Zealand in 2022, [9] to work towards accreditation of a dark-sky preserve in the Kaikōura area. [10] The trust was established with seed funding provided by the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery alliance.
Dark-sky preserves in the United Kingdom (2 C, 3 P) Dark-sky preserves in the United States (10 P) Pages in category "Dark-sky preserves" The following 6 pages are in ...
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