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Monthly Night Sky Notes [Article to use in Club Newsletters]

Monthly Night Sky Notes [Article to use in Club Newsletters]

  • Target Audience
  • Adult, Teen
  • 06/17/2024

The NASA Night Sky Network provides monthly articles featuring the latest stargazing and NASA news to share with your organization's readership. Sign up here to get an email notification when each new edition is released or check back here around the 20th of each month. Download our latest article below.

 

Milan from the International Space Station in 2015. As you reach the center of the city, you can see the brightness increases.

 

February 2025 Edition: How Can You Help Curb Light Pollution?

Light pollution hinders astronomers and impacts many others. Learn how to measure and reduce it with smart lighting and community education efforts inside February's Night Sky Notes article, originally published in November 2018.

 

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How Can You Help Curb Light Pollution?


Updated January 21, 2025


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This article is distributed by the NASA Night Sky Network, a coalition of hundreds of astronomy clubs across the US dedicated to astronomy outreach. Visit nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov to find local clubs, events, stargazing info and more.


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NOTE: The What's Up This Month video will be posted below on the 1st of each month. Find daily observing tips and tools on the Night Sky Planner page. 
 

The Louis Cruls Astronomy Club often posts translations of these articles in Portuguese shortly after each edition is released to their Facebook Page. The NSN extends our thanks for their awesome work!
 


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What's Up from JPL (Full Playlist)

Find out what's in the sky each month in this monthly video series by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.