Nice article on the effect of #LightPollution on the night sky and nocturnal environment that came out yesterday in the Guardian.
#DarkSkiesForAll
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/27/light-pollution-threatens-to-make-stars-invisible-within-20-years

Much excitement in the Jones household this morning with the arrival of the latest lightweight long-range discovery scanner. #Dwarf2 #SmartTelescope dwarflab.com #astronomy #astrophotography #darkskiesforall

How light pollution causes more harm than realized

By Ashley Carter, April 26, 2023

"Not only are humans facing the effects of light pollution, but wildlife are as well. Animals are mainly disrupted through an alteration of migration patterns, sleeping habits and habitat formation. For example, turtles are guided by moonlight when they are migrating. Because of light pollution, turtles are unable to follow their typical migration patterns, often leading to death. Many animals are naturally drawn towards light, such as birds, which has resulted in large numbers of deaths in large cities.

"Especially harmful are the impacts of light pollution on marine ecosystems. Boats can often have underlight panels on their bottom side, which light up the water underneath. As a result, many marine species will move further away from the light areas, disrupting where they find shelter and form habitats. Prolonged exposure to light pollution among any form of wildlife can affect their hormones, skin coloration, thermoregulation and reproduction.

"Not only are animals needing to adapt to habitat degradation and climatic changes, but the unfortunate effects of light pollution are also disrupting daily behaviors that they rely upon for survival. We humans, who may not realize the harmful extent of such an issue, will find that their short and long term health will become greatly affected."

#DarkSkies #DarkSkiesForAll #LightPollution #LightsOut

Read more:
https://www.dailycal.org/2023/04/26/light-pollution

This week's #FollowFriday / #FavoriteFollows list - #DarkSkies / #Astronomy / #Astronomers / #Space

@rdrimmel
#Astronomer from #Montana, Mapper of the #MilkyWay, @IDADarkSky(on Twitter)
advocate, #GaiaMission Expert, fan of #scicomm, #MadeInItaly, #CitizenScience & #DarkSkiesForAll

@marwellaspaceart
Amateur #SpaceArtist, love astronomy and #astrophotography

@mondinspace
#Space, science and wonder. Personal account. Views and opinions my own.

@sundogplanets
Professor of astronomy, farmer of goats. #Asteroid (42910). She/her. Settler living on Treaty 4 lands (Saskatchewan).

@JohnBarentine
Astronomer. Historian. Author. Small business owner. Arizona native. Proud LGBT American. Retiring to asteroid 14505. Questioning everything; occasionally getting in trouble for it.

@starrytimepod
Sisters Jordan and Kit cohost this monthly #podcast featuring #astronomy, ret-cons(tellations) of #mythology, and fun.

@nasapics_bot

{Bot) Universe at your fingertips, every hour!
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's (JPL) unofficial Photoblog.
#bot #mastobot #astronomy #galaxy #photography #information #nasa #jpl

Oh wow. Catch this! The group Yes singing the good word about #DarkSkiesForAll. "International Dark Sky Park" is in their chorus!
HT @markmccaughrean
Cc @JohnBarentine
https://youtu.be/NdEF-vMO8vc

We're loosing the night, and all the stars that come with it. Great example of #CitizenScience though. Still hope for #DarkSkiesForAll?

Article by @joshuasokol
https://www.science.org/content/article/light-pollution-drowning-starry-night-sky-faster-thought

#MilkyWay #DarkSkiesForAll thread:
RT @sundogplanets

Just over 3 years ago, I moved to a farm where I can see the Milky Way from my back door.  Despite being an astronomer, I've never had that kind of personal access to a dark sky before, and it totally changed my relationship with the sky. ..

https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/109671119061046825

In this case, the answer to the question in the title might be "yes".
Again, astronomers get the spotlight, but the real tragedy is that the night sky is being transformed for every human being on this planet.
We all need #DarkSkiesForAll.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2023/starlink-satellite-train-spacex-visibility/

Image from 8min exposure of the sky, taken from Tiede, Spain, about 40° wide. The points are stars (you may need to open the image to see them). Two streaks are from airplanes, one from a meteor, and all the others from satellites. We are loosing the sky. #DarkSkiesForAll

Image from @fercapa . Thanks also to @LittleRedCanary

Well, there it is. Cell service or night sky. Goodbye #DarkSkiesForAll?
With commentary from @JohnBarentine
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/a-new-satellite-has-become-one-of-the-20-brightest-stars-in-the-sky/

Europe seems hell bent to ruin #DarkSkiesForAll. First their own sat constellation "for security", now solar farms in space?! Can we think of yet another way to screw up our common natural heritage?

RT @kim_borgen:
Just imagine you could collect solar power, in the order of GWs, and beam it down to the earth's surface. If that works, that would be a game changer for Europe's energy situation, and for humanity - Director General @AschbacherJosef of @esa at the opening of #CM22 on Solaris