/r/darksky
Dedicated to finding, sharing, and preserving the best places to see the stars. Feel free to share stories, photos, and anything else related to observing the night's sky, including stargazing, dark sky sites, astrotourism, and light pollution issues.
A subreddit dedicated to finding, sharing, and preserving the best places to see the stars.
Looking for Dark Skies?
Our subscribers suggest you start with the following links:
- Lightpollutionmap.info
- Darksitefinder.com is another dark skies map
- The Clear Sky Chart offers a night sky forecast
Feel free to share anything related to seeing the night's sky including stargazing, dark sky sites, astrotourism, and light pollution issues.
When posting photos, please make sure it contains a portion of the surrounding location and to have it's name included in the title. Photos solely containing celestial bodies are better suited for one of the subreddits listed below
Additional Subreddits of Interest:
- r/Astronomy
- r/Astrophotography
- r/Astrotourism
- r/Environment
- r/Fuckyourheadlights
- r/Space
- r/Telescopes
- r/Jupiters
- r/MeteorShowers
Useful Links:
- International Dark-Sky Association, darksky.org
- The IDA's Guide for Lighting your Home
- Sky and Telescope's Weekly Sky at a Glance
Please Be Advised:
Spam and disrespectful comments will be removed.
Repeat and/or serious offenders will be banned.
Photo Credit: Bryan Allen/Corbis
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Does anyone know any dark sky spots in New Jersey or around? Trying to spot the Aurora borealis!
14:21 UTC
Stargazing near LV mid June
Thinking DV national park but are stars highly visible during first quarter moon phase? Milky Way?
Would it be good visibility from Pahrump without having to drive in the middle of the night?
17:24 UTC
Pennsylvania Dark Skies Legislation
Hi all, I put together this useful page for any folks who reside in Pennsylvania. HB1803 on the House floor and needs support. This page contains a sample letter you can use to reach out to your legislator.
16:56 UTC
Meteor Showers and Southern Cross Constellation in the Night Sky
17:54 UTC
Ecology Round Up
Working one step at a time on our website. The Light Pollution News site always has a comprehensive listing of articles in shows. But given the dramatic impact of light on ecologies, I decided to organize out a special Ecology page that lists ecology specific articles used in the show. For full context of how they're used, you can listen to the podcast or simply click on the show link attached to it.
01:54 UTC
New DOE energy rules favor bright blue-pump LEDs and ignore health concerns.
15:00 UTC
Joining a dark site private group (or public)
Anyone here join private dark site groups for observing? I have young kids, but maybe in a few years, I want to regularly go to a dark site. I live in Raleigh, Bortle 6 skies. About 4-5 hours drive is one of the darkest sites on the east coast in Upper Tract, WV. Cave Mountain Observatory. About $175 a year, there’s access to the site, a micro cabin and toilets.
20:30 UTC
CA Dark Sky Fest
Are the apparently private ones not affiliated with the National Parks worth it? Anyone tried one?
https://www.easternsierraobservatory.com/california-dark-sky-festival
note: reposted after getting an error (sorry).
21:36 UTC