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Tag: light pollution

Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Find Orion or Gemini and tell ‘Globe at Night’: Here’s how

Globe at Night is the international organization that has created a way for individuals to report what stars we see in just one constellation in the cycle or cycles you choose.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on March 16, 2020
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Berkshires losing stars to light pollution, more each day: Contact your legislator now

While quick to light up our world, we have not only been oblivious to polluting our skies, but are discovering that light pollution is having deleterious affects on human health and the health of our environment.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on February 3, 2020
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Visit the wilderness – look up to the sky

The preservation of the world depends on each person’s recognition that in wildness is the preservation of a robust self.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on December 23, 2019
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Venus and Saturn, moon and meteors, Winter Solstice

Even though moonlight this year will overwhelm the light of many Geminid meteors, begin to look skyward every night at about 9 p.m., facing away from the moon.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on December 9, 2019
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Protect the night, it is good for you

The haze that more or less obliterates – especially in towns and cities – what would be a clear, awe-inspiring, star-filled sky at night, is slow to be recognized for what it is: a smog of light pollution.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on September 16, 2019
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Space walk anniversary, better light for Massachusetts

While the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon walk – and we are continually awed by the results of space exploration since – it is sobering to learn that in 85 percent of locations on Earth, only a few stars are visible when looking up to the sky at night.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on April 15, 2019
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Spring astronomy, skygazing wonders, Dark Sky Week begins

Stargazing brings enchantment and grounding to people of all ages around the world. The darker the sky, the deeper the experience.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on March 18, 2019
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Mars peaks this week: Seek out Mars, now brighter than Jupiter

View Mars from nightfall to first light. It is particularly lovely as it sinks into the hills to the southwest.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on July 23, 2018
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Stars of astronomy and space shine at NEAF

For me, the astronomy forum centered around two days of riveting lectures that included ‘Einstein was Right! Completing the 1919 Relativity Experiment at the 2017 Solar Eclipse,’ ‘The History of the Universe from the beginning to the end: Where did we come from, where can we go?’ and ‘Preventing an Asteroid Extinction.’

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on April 30, 2018
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: The right to night in the Berkshires

The easiest way to prevent light trespass beyond our homes, aside from turning off unnecessary lighting, is to minimize the unintended projection and scattering of light from poorly aimed and poorly designed fixtures.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on April 16, 2018
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Allure of winter stars, Perigean Full Moon

The largest full moon of 2017, a Perigean Full Moon, popularly known as a supermoon, occurs on Sunday the 3rd of December.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on November 27, 2017
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: Stargazing starts at 5 p.m. Turn down the house lights!

Like preserving natural landscapes for biodiversity, preserving access to clear skies that allow human contact with the cosmos is crucial to quality of life.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on November 13, 2017
Life In the Berkshires

Lights out at Earth Hour!

The Vernal Equinox falls on Sunday, March 20, at 12:30 a.m. But on Saturday, March 19, at 8:30 p.m., it’s Earth Hour, from 8:30 to 9:30. Turn off lights, step out, and look up!

by Susan Bachelder
Posted on March 18, 2016
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: The globe at night, one stargazer at a time

Globe at Night is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on March 7, 2016
Learning

EYES TO THE SKY: At our fingertips: solutions to light pollution

Light pollution is the next frontier for citizen environmental activism, following ongoing efforts to assure clean air and water.

by Judy Isacoff
Posted on January 11, 2016
Environment

IN THE FIELD: The scourge of light pollution

One of the joys of living in a largely rural area is supposed to be the darkness of the sky, the sharpness of the stars on a clear winter’s night.

by Kateri Kosek
Posted on January 3, 2016
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