Maps & Data
2024 Globe at Night Campaigns
Globe at Night has been collecting data about the night sky since 2006. All of that data is available to download in a variety of formats, and also can be explored in our interactive map. Links to previous years’ data is available below. We are just getting started with this year’s campaign, but you can explore the data from 2024 as it comes in.
Globe at Night - Sky Brightness Monitoring Network (GaN-MN)
The GaN-MN project, an extension of the original Globe at Night project, is a global night sky brightness monitoring network using a commercially available meter (SQM-LE by Unihedron) for long-term monitoring of the light pollution conditions in different places around the world.
2021 Results: 25268 total observations
Download the 2021 data:
- GaN2021 (.kmz)
- GaN2021_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2021 (.xls)
- GaN2021 (.txt)
- GaN2021 (.csv)
2020 Results: 29404 total observations
Download the 2020 data:
- GaN2020 (.kmz)
- GaN2020_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2020 (.xls)
- GaN2020 (.txt)
- GaN2020 (.csv)
2019 Results: 10197 total observations
Download the 2019 data:
- GaN2019 (.kmz)
- GaN2019_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2019 (.xls)
- GaN2019 (.txt)
- GaN2019 (.csv)
2018 Results: 8155 total observations
Download the 2018 data:
- GaN2018 (.kmz)
- GaN2018_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2018 (.xls)
- GaN2018 (.txt)
- GaN2018 (.csv)
2017 Results: 14260 total observations
Download the 2017 data:
- GaN2017 (.kmz)
- GaN2017_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2017 (.xls)
- GaN2017 (.txt)
- GaN2017 (.csv)
2016 Results: 15411 total observations
Download the 2016 data:
- GaN2016 (.kmz)
- GaN2016_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2016 (.xls)
- GaN2016 (.txt)
- GaN2016 (.csv)
2015 Results: 22981 total observations
Download the 2015 data:
- GaN2015 (.kmz)
- GaN2015_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2015 (.xls)
- GaN2015 (.txt)
- GaN2015 (.csv)
2014 Results: 20819 total observations
Download the 2014 data:
- GaN2014 (.kmz)
- GaN2014_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2014 (.xls)
- GaN2014 (.txt)
- GaN2014 (.csv)
2013 Results: 20695 total observations
Download the 2013 data:
- GaN2013 (.kmz)
- GaN2013_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2013 (.xls)
- GaN2013 (.txt)
- GaN2013 (.csv)
2012 Results: 16995 total observations
Download the 2012 data:
- GaN2012 (.kmz)
- GaN2012_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2012 (.xls)
- GaN2012 (.txt)
- GaN2012 (.csv)
2010 Results: 17644 total observations
Download the 2010 data:
- GaN2010 (.kmz)
- GaN2010_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2010_ORION (.kmz)
- GaN2010 (.xls)
- GaN2010 (.txt)
- GaN2010_fields (.txt)
- GaN2010.gdb (.zip)
- GaN2010_shp (.zip)
- GaN2010 (.csv)
2009 Results: 14140 total observations
Download the 2009 data:
- GaN2009 (.kmz)
- GaN2009_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2009 (.xls)
- GaN2009 (.txt)
- GaN2009 (.csv)
2008 Results: 6837 total observations
Download the 2008 data:
- GaN2008 (.kmz)
- GaN2008_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2008 (.xls)
- GaN2008 (.txt)
- GaN2008 (.csv)
2007 Results: 8491 total observations
Download the 2007 data:
- GaN2007 (.kmz)
- GaN2007_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2007 (.xls)
- GaN2007 (.txt)
- GaN2007 (.csv)
2006 Results: 3992 total observations
Download the 2006 data:
- GaN2006 (.kmz)
- GaN2006_SQM (.kmz)
- GaN2006 (.xls)
- GaN2006 (.txt)
- GaN2006 (.csv)
Globe at Night data is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
** Files generated by Dennis L. Ward, © Copyright 2007 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.