If city lights block the stars over your backyard, this map can help you hunt down the darkest skies for epic stargazing.

The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale tells us where you'll find . ... Can you see constellations pretty easily? Galaxies? Planets? According to Google Maps, my house falls under the yellow category.

Each level classifies the night sky based on their cosmic views. You can find the Bortle Scale level for your night sky using the interactive map tool at lightpollutionmap.info. These images show how ...

Astronomers classify night skies from dark to bright using the Bortle Scale, ranked from one to nine. Light pollution is when artificial light washes out the night sky and makes it hard to see stars.