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This page is a compendium of dark-sky resources from around the web intended as a one-stop shop for various how-tos, models, guidance, etc. We link back to the original source wherever possible.

Education and Advocacy Organizations

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International Dark-Sky Association
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Illuminating Engineering Society
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Colorado Plateau Dark Sky Cooperative
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Mountains of Stars
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Dark Sky Society
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GLOBE At Night
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The Consortium for Dark Sky Studies at the University of Utah
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Saving Our Stars
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British Astronomical Association Commission for Dark Skies

Outdoor Lighting Know-How

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IDA-IES Five Principles for Responsible Outdoor Lighting
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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Guidelines for Outdoor Lighting
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Bob Crelin's good/bad lighting diagram
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IDA Sample Lighting Management Plan

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Utah Community Development Office ​Dark Sky Assessment Guide 
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IDA Home Lighting Assessment flow chart
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Mont Mégantic International Dark Sky Reserve Lighting Guide / Guide de L’éclairage
(French / Français)
Lamp spectral power distribution database:  A source for spectral power distribution (SPD) files for lighting calculations
Lighting calculators & calculations:  Calculators for converting between various lighting metrics
Lamp spectrum and light pollution (Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition): An informative discussion of how different light sources influence skyglow 
IDA Fixture Seal of Approval Program: "Provides objective, third-party certification for luminaires that minimize glare, reduce light trespass, and don’t pollute the night sky". Includes a searchable database of lighting products.

Lighting Policy

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IDA-IES Model Lighting Ordinance
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IDA Guidance for Electronic Message Centers (EMCs)
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IDA Criteria for Community-Friendly Outdoor Sports Lighting (v1.1)

Online Maps

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lightpollutionmap.info: An interactive map serving satellite data from the VIIRS Day-Night Band and the New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness
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Radiance Light Trends: Allows the to examine changes in nighttime light emissions (nearly) worldwide, from 1992 through the past month
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Sky Brightness VIIRS -
​Time Series Inspector
: Serves time series plots of satellite-detected nighttime radiance for any point on the ground 
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VIIRS DNB Nighttime Imagery:  Global nighttime composite images for any date in the past three months
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David Lorenz's Light Pollution Atlas 2020: An interactive global map showing values of the Bortle Scale predicted from World Atlas of the Artificial Night Sky Brightness data

Measuring and monitoring night sky quality

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Loss Of The Night app (Android)
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Dark Sky Meter (iOS)
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Sky Quality Meter
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Telescope Encoder and Sky Sensor (TESS)

Dark-Sky Conservation

Dark-sky certification programs
IDA International Dark Sky Places
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Dark-Sky Sites
Starlight Foundation 
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International Dark Sky Community guidelines (2018)
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International Dark Sky Parks  guidelines (2018)
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International Dark Sky Reserves guidelines (2018)
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International Dark Sky Sanctuaries guidelines (2018)
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Urban Night Sky Places guidelines (2018)
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Suggestions for Establishing a Local Dark Sky Group to Ultimately Earn Certification as an IDA Dark Sky Community (Dark Skies of the Wet Mountain Valley)
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Utah Community Development Office
Dark Sky Planning  Guidance and Best Practices: An Introduction for Local Leaders
How to conduct a sky quality survey: IDA guidance document describing ways to measure night sky quality over territories of various sizes

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