Free Guide to Naked-Eye Astronomy

Tammy Plotner, president of Warren Rupp Observatory, writes "Are you looking for all the best of what's up in the night sky for the year 2007? Then be my guest and download my free e.book — '365 Days of SkyWatching'! (Brought to you courtesy of The Universe Today.) Each day is specifically geared to give you the best of what can be seen with the unaided eye, binoculars, and small telescopes and even has challenge objects for seasoned observers. It's beautifully illustrated and contains many special features, such as anotated lunar maps. Please feel free to pass it along to anyone in the astronomy community and enjoy!" For anyone who'll be in that neck of the woods (central Ohio) next October, Warren Rupp's Hidden Hollow event looks really fun.

Comments

Just wondering how many those days will be clear

[Anonymous Coward]

Just wondering how many of those days will be clear. if you live in Manhattan you don't really see any stars

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Fun Observing Light Pollution

[burris]

Good luck getting your neighbors to turn off their "security" lights.

Re:You had me at "naked"

[WormholeFiend]

I'm with you on that one... if only cities would implement street lights and other infrastructure light fixtures that reflect light downward, they'd be able to use lower wattage bulbs and not only save lots of money in electricity, but give us darker night skies too.

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