Comments on: Stars

By: Cities at Night, seen from Space | K-Squared Ramblings

Cities at Night, seen from Space | K-Squared Ramblings — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:45:37 +0000

[...] The downside, as pointed out in the comments, is that this is all wasted energy. With lamps that direct all of their light downward instead of out into space, we could light our cities with less energy and keep the skies dark for stargazing. [...]

By: Look! Up in the Sky! | K-Squared Ramblings

Look! Up in the Sky! | K-Squared Ramblings — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:06:57 +0000

[...] was actually surprised I could see more stars than I expected once I let my eyes get dark-adapted. It’s been unusually clear over the last few days, though [...]

By: Lunar Indecision | K-Squared Ramblings

Lunar Indecision | K-Squared Ramblings — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:13:05 +0000

[...] I’m still trying to decide whether I should set an alarm to wake myself up at ski-o’clock in the morning to see tonight’s/tomorrow’s lunar eclipse. I mean, I skipped the Perseid meteor shower a few weeks ago, but that would have required not only getting up in the wee hours of the night, but driving somewhere with less light pollution. [...]