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Astronomy, LEDs, The Vanishing Stars

October 19, 2018 darkskyadmin Uncategorized

First, let me say that I owe my curiosity about “what’s out there” to the late Gene Roddenberry. His TV[…]

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LEDs: Not the Answer to Eye and Environmentally Friendly Lighting

November 3, 2016 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

The following is a post provided by a fellow amateur astronomer, Francis Parnell, an uncompromising, true-blue, light-blight fighter. While LEDs[…]

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Eliminate Earth Day

April 22, 2014 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

Today is Earth Day, April 22, 2014, forty-four years after the first Earth Day in 1970. It was a Big[…]

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Anniversary and Passings

January 31, 2014 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

Originally on Home Page: Tuesday, 1-28-14. Today, Jan. 28th, is the 28th anniversary of an event that had a profound,[…]

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Starlight -vs- Streetlight

November 21, 2013 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

A Letter I Received Recently From A NONastronomer: All you astrologers, er, astronomers, want is dark skies soaked with stars!  You[…]

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Cure The Disease

March 13, 2013 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

If you have chronic health issues, you know that if you ingest, infuse, inhale, instill, or inject one medication it’ll[…]

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Progress Or Progress?

March 13, 2013 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

“Change is everywhere. Progress is rare.” Anonymous.  The essence of life is change, which, we’re told, leads to progress.  But[…]

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Open Letter to Astronomical League and Astronomical Society of the Pacific Members

February 12, 2013 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

Last Changed:  Sunday, 10-27-13 The Truth Hurts… Hi.  I’m Stargeezer Jack, a lifelong amateur astronomer and dark sky kinda guy;[…]

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CUE THE MUSIC…MAN

January 16, 2013 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

YA GOT TROUBLE and 76 TELESCOPES Last Changed: Saturday, 4-26-14 In the mid-1950s, playwright and composer Meredith Willson, wrote a[…]

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The Culture of Destruction

September 2, 2012 darkskyadmin Reflections / Refractions

We live in a culture of destruction. We are addicted to it. It is destroying Earth, our only home, for[…]

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