Jonathan's Frequented Observation Sites

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Sites I visit in order of Sky Quality


Note: ClearOutside gives forecast and detail information about the site including estimated SQM and Bortle rating.
Name Sky Quality Best SQM Bortle Class Clear Outside
Home 19.36 19.12 Class 6 ClearOutside
Cornland Park, Chesapeake, VA 20.52 20.18 Class 4 ClearOutside
Northwest River Park, Chesapeake, VA 20.72 20.12 Class 4 ClearOutside
Chippokes State Park, VA 20.83 20.45 Class 4 ClearOutside
Marsh Causeway Knotts Island, NC 21.44 - Class 4 ClearOutside
Staunton River State Park, VA 21.66 21.09 Class 4 ClearOutside
James River State Park, VA 21.81 - Class 3 ClearOutside
Some of the names that Clear Outside shows for the location seem a little off.
But if you copy/past the lat/long into Google maps you will see that they are correct.

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Locations of my sites across the state.

 

How Bortle and SQM ratings correspond

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