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What Is the Bortle Scale? The UV Index for Darkness, and Why Your Backyard Is Probably a 9

by: Sorta Sophisticated with Pete and AmandaPublished on: 28/09/2026

What is the Bortle scale? The 1-to-9 rating of night-sky darkness, why most big cities score a 9, and how dark it has to get before you see the Milky Way.

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What Is the Bortle Scale? The UV Index for Darkness, and Why Your Backyard Is Probably a 9

What Is an Asterism? The Big Dipper Was Never a Constellation, and It's Still the Most Useful Thing in the Sky

by: Sorta Sophisticated with Pete and AmandaPublished on: 26/09/2026

What is an asterism? Why the Big Dipper was never a constellation, how its pointer stars still find north, and why Polaris is only the 48th brightest star.

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What Is an Asterism? The Big Dipper Was Never a Constellation, and It's Still the Most Useful Thing in the Sky