Oklahoma Light Pollution Map

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Oklahoma light pollution map. 62 of 6440 in north america. Yellow is dusk and white is daylight. Light blue is full moon. If you ve recently seen errors while trying to use the light pollution map that s why.

Our ambition is to make astronomy accessible to everyone. A light pollution map showing the location of my backyard. Clear sky charts in oklahoma. David recalculated the the world atlas of the artificial night sky brightness with newer data.

A light pollution map will show that a large city radiates white to red from the center and rural areas will appear green to blue. Only non private charts in oklahoma shown. Deep blue shows interference from moonlight. It shows when the sky will be dark assuming no light pollution and a clear sky.

Adams ranch dark sky site. The fire and smoke map shows fine particulate 2 5 micron pm 2 5 pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors information is shown on both the epa s air quality index scale using the nowcast aqi algorithm and also as hourly pm 2 5 concentration values. Add light pollution map. This map is based on light pollution data updated in 2006 by david lorenz.

The numbers are the visual limiting magnitude at the. Tiny crosses mark other charts. Observing site of the tulsa astronomy club. Falchi university of padova c.

The light pollution map has two base layers road and hybrid bing maps viirs world atlas clouds overlays and a point feature overlay sqm sqc and observatories. Details map may be slow s p o n s o r e d. An observatory of the astronomy club of tulsa. In this quest we invite you to explore a map that helps you find the best places to observe the night sky as well as a map of light pollution as a decision making tool.

For those who prefer numbers the scale is also calibrated. If you want a more detailed analysis of radiance viirs dmsp changes over a period of time then please use the lighttrends application. 0 100 show all charts show detailed list colors indicate light pollution ratings. For more information view the help.

For low cost sensor data a correction equation is also applied to mitigate bias in the sensor data. This map is a small exerpt 375mi east to west by 346mi north to south from the light pollution atlas 2006 by david lorenz. Version 3 of the light pollution map is now live. These colors represent the amount of artificial light in the area and how bright the night sky will look.

Black is a dark sky. But because of this change i had to rebuild the map page. The central cross marks the location of the oklahoma city clear sky chart.