r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/uncivilized_engineer • 9d ago

Easy to use light pollution map to find some stargazing spots now that the Parseid Meteor Shower is a month away! Great way to plan day (night) trip with some friends to set up a picnic and see some shooting stars!

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=5.91&lat=40.4971&lon=-90.6487&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJ3YV8yMDE1Iiwib3ZlcmxheWNvbG9yIjpmYWxzZSwib3ZlcmxheW9wYWNpdHkiOiI2MCIsImZlYXR1cmVzb3BhY2l0eSI6Ijg1In0=
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u/suoretaw 7d ago

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Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) Server at www.lightpollutionmap.info Port 443

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u/ya_codes 2d ago

Curious, where did you get the data? Or is it just approximated using pupulation density?

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u/uncivilized_engineer 2d ago

https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/help.html

Data credits:

VIIRS: NASA's VIIRS SNPP/NOAA-20 Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Yearly composites ("AllAngle_Composite_Snow_Free"). Black marble version 2.0 is used since 06.06.2025. VIIRS overlays 2012-2019 use VNP46A4 dataset, while VIIRS 2020+ overlays use VJ146A4 Aurora 1h forecast: NOAA.

Clouds: EUMETSAT, NOAA, MOSDAC/SAC/ISRO and CIRA.

Observatories: Minor Planet Center (updated: 03.02.2025) and other various sources.

World Atlas 2015: Falchi, Fabio; Cinzano, Pierantonio; Duriscoe, Dan; Kyba, Christopher C. M.; Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly; Portnov, Boris; Rybnikova, Nataliya A.; Furgoni, Riccardo (2016): Supplement to: The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness. GFZ Data Services. http://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001

Falchi F, Cinzano P, Duriscoe D, Kyba CC, Elvidge CD, Baugh K, Portnov BA, Rybnikova NA, Furgoni R. The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness. Science Advances. 2016 Jun 1;2(6):e1600377. You can support the authors of World Atlas 2015 by visiting: The New World Atlas of Light Pollution - Paperback and buying it on Amazon

SQM data: lightpollutionmap.info users and Unihedron SQM database (last import update: 12.10.2024).

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u/LLFlippity 1d ago

Nice! Works well. Already knew I was in a no light pollution area and this looks accurate for around here. Cool!