{"slug": "light-pollution-map", "name": "Light Pollution Map", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.18, "rising": 1.67, "first": "2026-07-20", "latest": "2026-09-30", "why": "The link below gives you a pretty good idea on how bad or good your night sky is.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "The link below gives you a pretty good idea on how bad or good your night sky is.", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "lightpollutionmap.info", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.lightpollutionmap.info", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Light Pollution Map"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 798469792, "item_id": 49904362, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49904362", "by": "vigilantpuma", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "A really good illustration of this: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/", "excerpt": "I think people really don\u2019t realize what they\u2019re missing out on. A really good illustration of this: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ If you live in England, for example, there is nowhere you can go to see a truly dark night sky. If you live in New York City, it\u2019s a 4 hour drive, and even that isn\u2019t completely dark.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We\u2019re forgetting what darkness feels like"}, {"id": 798450416, "item_id": 49903151, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49903151", "by": "AstroNutt", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The link below gives you a pretty good idea on how bad or good your night sky is.", "excerpt": "Fort Davis Texas at the McDonald Observatory is one of my favorites! 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A really good illustration of this: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/ If you live in England, for example, there is nowhere you can go to see a truly dark night sky. If you live in New York City, it\u2019s a 4 hour drive, and even that isn\u2019t completely dark.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "We\u2019re forgetting what darkness feels like"}, {"id": 798450416, "item_id": 49903151, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49903151", "by": "AstroNutt", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The link below gives you a pretty good idea on how bad or good your night sky is.", "excerpt": "Fort Davis Texas at the McDonald Observatory is one of my favorites! 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It's location halfway between Santa Rosa and Las Vegas, New Mexico is as far from populated areas as you might think.", "context": "", "use_case": "Light pollution data lookup", "switched_from": "", "story": "Charles Ross spent 50 yrs building Star Axis naked-eye observatory in New Mexico"}, {"id": 783783120, "item_id": 48986445, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986445", "by": "yodsanklai", "date": "2026-07-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You check this map", "excerpt": "In the EU, the canary islands are known to have great skies. You check this map https://www.lightpollutionmap.info I've been in some place with very dark skies, like Death Valley or Teide in the Canaries (https://www.teidebynight.com/tenerifes-dark-sky-reserves-havens-for-star-gazers/). It was great, but also not that much better than what I've seen closer to home in French countryside or in the alps. 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