Minnesota State Parks Light Pollution
As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the…
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Large Cities In Totality For 2027 Total Solar Eclipse
Here is a list of some of the largest cities in the path of totality for the 2027 total solar eclipse. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of every city in the…
Camping At Oregon State Parks With Dark Skies
In prior articles, we have taken a look at the great work that the Oregon Dark Sky chapter has undertaken to measure and track light pollution in the various locations of Oregon. This has yielded…
Worst April Fools Space Headlines
Not everything is funny or cute. If these headlines were released on April Fools Day, people would probably be more likely to dismiss them as fake. Some of these titles would cause serious problems regardless…
Florida State Parks Light Pollution
As we previously did articles on the 2024 solar eclipse for the several state parks, and figure that there is an amazing opportunity for mapping those state parks to their Bortle Scale values. With the…
June 2029 Lunar Eclipse: The 21st Century’s Darkest
As every lunar eclipse is different, each lunar eclipse will vary in size and darkness. For example, the smallest total lunar eclipse occurred on April 4th, 2015, with an umbra Magnitude of 1.0008. The April…
Top 5 Stargazing Spots Where The Celebrities Have Shot Movies
Although not as common a filming location as Hollywood, there have been several famous and iconic movies and scenes filmed in the Pacific Northwest. Let’s take a look of some of these famous movies and…
Supermoon Lunar Eclipses: How Rare? How Often?
What happens when a supermoon and lunar eclipse collide? How rare is it and is there anything special? Come find out! As discussed in another article, a supermoon “is a full moon or a new moon that nearly…
Top 4 Smallest Dark Sky State Parks In The US
There are 14 US states with State Parks that are Bortle 1 scale, which is the darkest that the skies could be. Of these 14 states, 2 states have at least 5 Bortle 1 sites…
Oregon Dark Sky Brightness Update #8
Every few months, the IDA Oregon Chapter puts out their most recent report about how the previous few months have progressed from a light pollution perspective regarding Oregon dark skies. We previously covered the 7th…