Night Sky Pollution Map

Here are some useful links: Light scattered through the atmosphere brightens the night sky, causing stars and faint objects to be rendered invisible due to the reduced contrast. Sometimes, the more light there is at night, the less we can see.

A light pollution map displays the amount of light radiating from the largest city centers. Welcome to the improved darksitefinder light pollution map. You will need to tick the boundary you want to view in the legend before the district or national character area boundary will show on screen.

Find locations suitable for stargazing, a light pollution map, accessibility by car, space to park, travel time & distance, weather conditions and lunar phase.

One of the easiest ways to identify the brightness of your night sky is to use the bortle scale. Light pollution in urban centers creates a sky glow that can blot out the stars. Dark sky map our ambition is to make astronomy accessible to everyone. With the naked eye alone from a dark site you’ll see thousands of stars, meteors, the zodiacal light, airglow, satellites, the milky way, nebulas, and occasionally auroras and comets.