SkyNews | Where Earth Meets Sky

Author: Nick Hammar

Toronto's bright city lights are on before the sky even gets dark. This area of the city, looking west of Shaw Street, is Class 9 on the Bortle scale. | SkyNews
Using the Bortle dark-sky scale

The Bortle scale has been classifying the darkness of your night sky for 20 years.

Apr 06, 2021
Killarney Provincial Park in Ontario is a RASC Dark-Sky Preserve, and a great place to see the night sky. | SkyNews
Find dark-sky sites and preserves in Canada

Use this SkyNews directory to find a dark-sky site near you.

Mar 09, 2021

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