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Nightscape, our award-winning quarterly publication, provides current news about IDA and night sky protection and in-depth articles on IDA programs, light pollution issues, and protecting the night sky.

Nightscape is a member benefit. New issues are mailed to IDA members in the U.S.A. and made electronically available to all members globally at the same time. When the subsequent issue publishes, the previous issue becomes available to non-members online here.

Members can choose to receive the publication electronically in lieu of a mailed copy.

Nightscape #111 · March 2023

We are delighted to bring you the digital version of the March 2023 Nightscape magazine, which includes:

“New Zealand: Land of the Long Dark Night” about dark sky activism, conservation, and tourism in New Zealand, by Megan Eaves
2023–2027 Strategic Plan
Preview of Dark Sky Week 2023
Advocate highlights
and more!

You can flip through the magazine page by page below (click the fullscreen icon). This works best on large screens.

You can also download Nightscape #111 · March 2023 (PDF).

Nightscape is a quarterly magazine and a member benefit. New issues are mailed to IDA members in the USA and made available digitally to all members globally at the same time. When the subsequent issue publishes, the previous issue becomes available to the general public online.

Previous Issues

Cover of Nightscape magazine, issue #110

Nightscape Issue #110 (PDF)

December 2022

“Day and night, light and life” an article about our daily rhythm, by Lisa Heschong
2022 Annual Awards winners
A poem by supporter Juliane McAdam
Meet a member: Landon Bannister
Advocate highlights
+ more

Nightscape Issue #109 (PDF)

September 2022

Winners of the Capture the Dark photo contest
2021 Impact Report & Financials
Advocate highlights
+ more

Nightscape Issue #108 (PDF)

June 2022

Good Lighting: Dark skies start at home
Reports from Spring 2022 meetings
Seeing stars: The light artist helping humanity rediscover the stars
Photo feature / inspiration
Cities at night: Cities, towns, and developed communities are often the main sources of light pollution
Meet a member: Joshua Iván Muñoz Salazar: Urban advocacy in México City
Advocate highlights
+ more

Cover of Nightscape magazine #107 showing a road narrowing off into the distance, with a starry night sky above the horizon

Nightscape Issue #107 (PDF)

March 2022

Plan a trip for International Dark Sky Week
Good Lighting: Twin Texas homes shine without overshining
Destination dark skies: Plan a trip for International Dark Sky Week
Photo feature / inspiration
Research roundup: What’s new in light-pollution research
Meet a member: Tim Brothers — Retrofit gone right
Advocate highlights

Nightscape Issue #106 (PDF)

December 2021

“Who owns the night sky?” about the light pollution problems from satellite megaconstellations
Letter to the Editor
Photo feature
2021 Annual Awards
Meet a member: Patrizia Bortolin
Advocate highlights & 20 years of International Dark Sky Places

Nightscape Issue #105 (PDF)

Summer 2021

Winners of the 2021 Capture the Dark photo contest
A new Meet a Member feature on Roger Craig Smith, IDA advocate and astrophotographer
Advocate highlights from around the globe
2020 Impact Reports and Financials
+ more

Nightscape Issue #104 (PDF)

Spring 2021

In this spring edition of Nightscape, we highlight some of the great work being done in the UK to combat light pollution and share some dark sky books by British authors that should be on your reading list. We also share some chapter highlights, new International Dark Sky Places, and a short history of light pollution guidance.