The roughly 150 Dark Sky Places in the U.S. fall into five International Dark Sky categories: parks, sanctuaries, reserves, communities and urban night sky places. Pack your camera, binoculars ...

has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to protect the area from the impacts of light pollution by pushing for it to be recognized as an Urban Night Sky Place. The designation ...

Over 200 dark sky places have been certified in 22 countries on six continents. Designations include parks, reserves, sanctuaries, and urban night-sky places. Receiving dark-sky certification ...

This means that both stars and deep-sky objects stand out more when using binoculars and telescopes, and, as such, these tools drastically improve our experience of the urban night sky.

Tucson is home to an array of astronomical attractions including observatories, research centers, and vast outdoor spaces like Saguaro National Park, the world's ninth Urban Night Sky Place.

In fall 2021, the International Dark-Sky Association certified Stacy Park as an Urban Night Sky Place, a site designed to “actively promote an authentic nighttime experience in the midst of ...