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.
Tag: light pollution
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.