How to Use the Bortle Scale for Choosing the Best Stargazing Locations
Learn how the Bortle Scale measures light pollution from Class 1 to 9. Find your sky class, what you can see, and the best gear for your conditions.
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- All
- 102mm
- Achromatic
- Apochromatic
- Astronomy Events
- Astrophotography
- beginner
- Binoculars
- Birding
- bortle scale
- Buying Guide
- Cleaning
- Collimation
- Comparison
- dark sky
- Dobsonians
- Eclipses
- Eyepieces
- Filters
- Hunting
- light pollution
- Luna Optics
- Magnitude
- Maintenance
- Night Vision
- Observing
- Planets
- Refractors
- Saturn
- Sky Navigation
- Smart Telescopes
- Spotting Scopes
- Stabilized Binoculars
- stargazing
- Storage
- Telescope Specifications
- Telescopes
- Thermal Monoculars
- Thermal Scopes
- Vaonis