On the other hand, when I was at the Okie-Tex Star Party in 2022, it got as dark as 21.7 mag/arcsec2, on the border of Bortle 1 and 2. In such a sky, the Milky Way is vivid and shows structure, ...

The event takes place under Bortle 3 skies at the Camp Jackson Sawyer and Camp Wesumkee scout camps in the Florida Keys during the February new moon. If you want to book the Winter Star Party ...

That said, Rancho La Concepción’s Bortle Class 1 skies make it hard to leave—particularly when the owners run space-sighting sessions with hot chocolate on hand.

The Bortle Dark Sky Scale measures the brightness of the night sky, ranging from class 1 (the darkest skies) to class 9 (the brightest urban skies). While Bortle class 5 areas might still offer ...

Observatory destroyed by fire to ‘rise from the ashes’ at new site - The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory will open on the banks of Clatteringshaws Loch in Galloway Forest Park in late 2026.

Sacramento is one of California’s most light polluted cities. The Bortle scale is a nine-level numeric scale measuring the night sky's brightness of specific locations with one being perfect ...

With more than 600,000 acres to choose from – much of it under skies rated as a 2 on the Bortle scale – Kisatchie National Forest offers an embarrassment of opportunities to observe the night sky.

Places that have a Bortle dark-sky scale score are provided. The nine-tier system ranks a three as a rural night sky and a one as an excellent dark sky. Bienville National Forest: Bortle score - 3.

Places that have a Bortle dark-sky scale score are provided. The nine-tier system ranks a three as a rural night sky and a one as an excellent dark sky. Bienville National Forest: Bortle score - 3.

Jadue Zalaquett said the area is a class two location on the Bortle dark-sky scale, which translates to “truly dark” skies. The resort’s planetarium will include a 1-meter telescope.

With more than 600,000 acres to choose from – much of it under skies rated as a 2 on the Bortle scale – Kisatchie National Forest offers an embarrassment of opportunities to observe the night sky.