The Continuing Search of a Dark Site
Sunday, August 9, 2009 - 09:56
in Astronomy & Space
Amateur astronomers fond of visual observation of faint galaxies and other fuzzy treasures of the night sky are always in search of the best observative site, where to drag their large Dobsonian telescopes. Unfortunately, their road is always uphill -also in a metaphorical sense: light pollution is growing everywhere at a disturbing rate, and it has already erased all but the brightest stars from our urban and suburban skies. Many of our kids grow without having seen the milky way, and the few who are drawn to astronomy are surprised to realize, from the tales of older dogs like me, that it did not use to be that way. read more
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