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Measuring the Natural Illumination in the Night Sky

It may get dark at night, but there's still light in the sky in even the darkest places. This low glow comes from natural sources both on land and sea | Space ....

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The natural brightness of the night sky

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IMAGE: In the upper part of the image, the Observatory of the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma, Canary Islands) taken in February 2020. The lower part shows the.
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Credit: Juan Carlos Casado and Petr Horálek
A recent study analyses data collect4d at 44 of the darkest places in the world, including the Canary Island Observatories, to develop the first complete reference method to measure the natural brightness of the night sky using low-cost photometers.
Of the 44 photometers in the survey, the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma, Canary Islands) stands out at the darkest of all the skies analysed. ....

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